The fourth album from one-man Scottish metal band James McBain, Coronach refers to both a vocal lament performed at traditional funerals in the Scottish Highlands and a poem of the same name by Sir Walter Scott. The ripping single “Kinchyle (Goatkraft and Granite)” fuses such disparate influences as Motörhead and Opeth while nodding to McBain’s upbringing in Aberdeen, also known as Granite City. The delicate piano intro of “The Art of Resurrection” explodes into a colossal black-thrash ripper, complete with pinched harmonics and keyboard accents. The closing track embodies the funereal spirit of the album title with a spoken eulogy, classical overtones, and distant bagpipes over airtight ’80s thrash riffs and downcast Maiden harmonies.