You don’t need to share these lads’ impressively nerdy knowledge of the weird and wonderful to appreciate their bold sonic creations, mind. The saxophone-driven Diamonds In The Wishing Well is an evocative, beguiling dive into some glittering underworld. Count Magnus (drawing from a 1904 M.R. James publication) initially sounds like an impenetrably oscillating headfuck, but it opens up with untold cool. The frankly bonkers, four-part title-track is a brassy exercise in out-there prog rock that switches between electric and acoustic to gleefully disorienting effect.
Sure, The Green Chapel is an unwieldy, unapologetically esoteric listen, but rarely has retro-revivalism bristled with such purpose and thematic depth. If you’re still plugged-in at the point dark, ethereal closer The Crow subsides into shadow, you’ll already agree that The Osiris Club are one of the most fascinating heavy outfits currently operating on Britain’s fair shores.
Verdict: 4/5
For fans of: King Crimson, Mastodon, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
The Green Chapel is out now via Bad Elephant