Healing Through Fire is the sixth full-length album by British stoner metal band Orange Goblin, released in 2007. This is their first album released on Sanctuary Records, and their first not to be released by Rise Above Records. Ben Ward said of the album:

Healing Through Fire
Studio album by
Released21 May 2007
RecordedDecember 2006 – March 2007
GenreStoner metal, heavy metal
Length43:46
LabelSanctuary, Mayan
ProducerMark Daghorn
Orange Goblin chronology
Thieving from the House of God
(2004)
Healing Through Fire
(2007)
A Eulogy for the Damned
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
kvltsite.com[2]

"It's not a concept album at all, but we are using the theme of the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire that followed for a lot of lyrical and musical influence. It's definitely the strongest material we have written".[3]

A limited number of copies came with a bonus DVD. The DVD features a live set recorded at The Mean Fiddler in London on 16 December 2006 and also includes some interviews and studio footage.

Track listing

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All songs written and arranged by Orange Goblin (Ben Ward, Joe Hoare, Martyn Millard, Chris Turner).

  1. "The Ballad of Solomon Eagle" – 5:18
  2. "Vagrant Stomp" – 4:10
  3. "The Ale House Braves" – 3:50
  4. "Cities of Frost" 5:35
  5. "Hot Knives and Open Sores" – 4:22
  6. "Hounds Ditch" – 5:30
  7. "Mortlake (Dead Water)" 2:11
  8. "They Come Back (Harvest of Skulls)" – 4:44
  9. "Beginners Guide to Suicide" – 8:06

Live DVD

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  1. "Some You Win, Some You Lose"
  2. "Quincy the Pig Boy"
  3. "Getting High on the Bad Times"
  4. "The Ballad of Solomon Eagle"
  5. "Hot Magic Red Planet"
  6. "Round Up the Horses"
  7. "They Come Back"
  8. "Your World Will Hate This"
  9. "Blue Snow"
  10. "Scorpionica"

Personnel

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Orange Goblin

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  • Ben Ward: vocals
  • Joe Hoare: guitars
  • Martyn Millard: bass
  • Chris Turner: drums

Additional personnel

  • Jason Graham: keyboards

Production

  • Produced, engineered and mixed by Mark Daghorn
  • Mastered by Andy Pearce

Trivia

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The art for the audio disc incorporated the Latin phrase "Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur", written on the outer edge. This phrase is from the writings of Cicero, a Roman orator, and can be translated as "The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious."[4]

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "kvltsite.com review". Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Blabbermouth.net news – Nov. 16, 2006". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Virtue Quotations Collected by GIGA (Page 3)". giga-usa.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.