Iron Lungs is a Stoner Punk solo act from France. On March 13th, 2025, Manuel Delsol released his second EP entitled, “The Path To Go Forth Alone”. Iron Lungs has a sound that’s haunting, experimental, loud, atmospheric, and challenging to resist.
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Iron Lungs. The Path To Go Forth Alone Review: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of The Path To Go Forth Alone
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Iron Lungs and his album, The Path To Go Forth Alone
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Omitting the guitar for the bass and acoustic guitar, that involves multi-layered distorted riffs, pitch effects and atmospheric soundscape. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves coarse and haunting, emotional seductive vocals. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Delve into a vast work of drum work, that fills the music with grooves, beats, fills, tones, and strikes that create a rich, textured.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion:
A Stoner Punk two-headed beast, delivering abrasive and seductive sounds from Toulouse, Catharistan
Once again, I will be conducting this review differently from my typical style by delving deep into the intricacies of each of the five songs featured. For those readers who have experienced Iron Lung’s EP, “Heavier, Louder, Older, Wiser”, they will find that embarking on “The Path To Go Forth Alone” yields a striking difference in terms of sound, compositions and atmospheric elements, providing a refreshing perspective and enhancing the overall listening experience.
As soon as the listener presses the play button, Iron Lungs welcomes you with five songs. Where there is still no electric guitar, only bass, vocals, and drums. But the first track, Reigando, features an acoustic guitar. The last song, The Legacy, features multi-layered distorted riffs and pitch effects to reach some high notes, though, so it can sound as if an electric guitar were playing at that particular time. “A Stoner Punk two-headed beast, delivering abrasive sounds from Toulouse, Catharistan.”
With its calming instrumental and acoustic opening track, Reigando, Iron Lungs greets the listeners and creates a soothing instrumental and acoustic introduction, creating a warm atmosphere for exploring the band’s raw sound. As the excursion progresses to the second track, How to Become a Ghost, which opens with a compelling audio snipped accompanied by melodic acoustic guitar and rhythmic drumming, complemented by gritty yet haunting vocals. The overall feel of this song evokes a slower rendition of Iron Maiden‘s Fear of the Dark.
Cinvato Peretum, the following piece, greets listeners with warmth and is the shortest, lasting just over a minute. The piece opens with a warm, moody instrumental and the sound of ethereal female chants. As Cinvato Peretum gracefully fades away, transitioning seamlessly into Towers of Silence, the music adopts a slower tempo, delivering a seductive and profound listening experience, and gripping harsh and haunting vocals and composition, adding tension and emotion to the piece.
As the music moves into its final song, the captivating and enchanting melodies of The Legacy Emerge, weaving together soothing spoken phrases with a distinctive fusion of progressive and stoner rock elements. The Legacy Emerge evokes a nostalgic vibe that harkens back to the legendary early ’70s sound of Black Sabbath, effortlessly engaging listeners with its vibrant energy and irresistible appeal. This piece transports audiences to a cherished musical past, radiating a compelling charm that strikes a chord with an undeniable allure.
Where Heavier, Louder, Older, Wiser was more of this stripped of melodies and rhythms and goes for this stripped-down amalgamation of hypnotic, raw, stoner, and groovy-heavy tones, omitting the guitar, and captured in this DIY and self-edited production. The Path To Go Forth Alone has gone for a modern-polishing sound, capturing every note, sound, and chord. Iron Lungs’ devilmanship is a fruit of art, creating a captivating auditory journey that delivers an electrifying performance through the sheer force of his artistry and imagination.
The album comes to an end with the last song, The Legacy, when reaching the last few minutes of the song, it peacefully closes with an audio clip, that closes perfectly the album. We want to give a shoutout to Iron Lungs for letting us review his album. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
The Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins of Iron Lungs and his album, The Path To Go Forth Alone
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia:
In my opinion, Iron Lungs‘ latest EP, The Path to Go Forth Alone, surpasses his debut EP, Heavier, Louder, Older, Wiser. While I appreciated his first release, The Path to Go Forth Alone is a fruit of art in its own right. This new EP showcases a polished sound and high-quality recording, all while maintaining a DIY spirit. It is a well-crafted composition that reflects the artistry and devilmanship behind it.
Among the tracks, I found myself particularly captivated by the second piece, How to Become a Ghost, and the fourth piece, Towers of Silence. Both songs deliver a haunting, seductive and profound listening experience, giving me chills!
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork is a fruit of art, I don’t know how it’s done, or where it came from. For me, it captures the music, as if this darkly shadow is guiding you through the music and beyond.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
There is nothing to dislike in the musical offerings of Iron Lungs, and his album The Path To Go Forth Alone. Thus, we conclude our review of Iron Lungs, and his album The Path To Go Forth Alone. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for your time in reading this article, and I encourage you to explore the work of Iron Lungs.
Members
Electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals, samples and beat making by Manuel Delsol
Vocals on “Cinvato Peretum” by Nefertitits.
Track-Listing
01. Reigando
02. How to Become a Ghost
03. Cinvato Peretum
04. Towers of Silence
05. The Legacy
