Blood Ceremony – The Eldritch Dark

1. Witchwood
2. Goodbye Gemini
3. Lord Summerisle
4. Ballad Of The Weird Sisters
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6. Drawing Down The Moon
7. Faunus
8. The Magician
“Flute. It’s all one needs to know that is one of those bands that is so far removed from a metal sound that it makes them twice as metallic. It’s an inversion you see. Like an upside down cross. It’s the same spirit the flute brings to bloody ceremonies. Basically, the use of flute is ‘s most obviously identifiable and defining characteristic. The other is Sean Kennedy’s big, bad Sabbathian riffs. 2011’s “Living With The Ancients” saw the band move slightly away from the flute at times and go for more of an organ sound (both instruments are played by vocalist Alia O’Brien) and also deeper and darker into the cellar of Doom Metal. “”, the band’s third full-length album, sees the band veer sharply into folkier territory, featuring more flute than a renaissance fair and even some violin for good measure. It’s the natural and logical direction for the music to go into.”
“It’s this folky/proggy emphasis that provides the album with its dark appeal. We don’t often associate folk and bright sounding instruments like the flute and violin with darkness in music, but what Kennedy’s riffs don’t slather in shadow, O’Brien’s lyrics smother in sinister kisses with poisoned lips. She can suggest things even without explicitly saying or showing them, which makes the album all the darker, because the listeners fill in the blanks in their own minds. There are a great many bands and albums out there with a truly genuine ‘vintage’ sound. Kadavar’s “Abra Kadavar” is one, with a specifically hard rock feel, Purson’s “The Circle And The Blue Door” is another. It sounds like it really could have been released by the Vertigo label in early ’71. Chock up “” in this same category. What makes it stand out among the pack is its neo-acid folk stylings melted across the flaming grill of Kennedy’s fretboard. You won’t hear anything else like it, not even in the band’s own back catalog.”
All That Is Heavy, LK Ultra
LP album
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