After self releasing their debut album "From Irem To Summerisle" back in 2004 and after releasing the "Irem" side on 10" for Hau Ruck! SPQR the next year, the Italian duo The Green Man were ready to bring to the audience a new work. THE TEACHER AND THE MAN OF LIE is a big step for the band as it has been created like a multi artistic project because besides the musical aspect we have the rich lyrics section (which are translated musically into the semi spoken word of Eliahu) describing the pre-crucifixion part of Christ's life and we have various panels painted by Maria Chiara Armenia who gave a visual counterpart to the history told. The lyrics has been inspired by Prof Barbara Thiering's book called "Jesus The Man" who studied the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Holy Scriptures. On the interview given to www.neo-folk.it Eliahu explained even better the concept telling: "the album is a concept album set at the beginning of the common era, a time when apocalypse is in the air and the Man of Lie and The Teacher of Righteousness struggle to save their own followers from eternal damnation". The music performed by Marco Garegnani expand the sound you can find on "Irem": mid-oriental sounds blend with Western folk and post punk. The sixteen tracks are able to paint a rich and exciting scenario where the music is able to create the right ambience for the tales wrote with competence by Eliahu (he started to be interested into Gnosticism while he was at university in the Uk, as part of an exam on "religions under the Roman Empire"). Acoustic guitars riffs are enriched by various percussions, synths, electric guitars giving to the concept of neo-folk music a new and personal meaning.