1. "Witchwood". 70s rock vibe. Church organ. Female vocals singing, "Black magic has risen in Witchwood". Makes me want to buy a motorcycle with a sidecar. Josh Taylor made me review Blood Ceremony today. He also said that if I review it, I will need to mention that the band now follows him on Twitter. Shameless plug. I'd add his twitter name, but I don't know it. You can just follow him on Instagram for now. Halfway through this song, it breaks down completely into some stoner riffs. Pretty good...and wiiiiiiiiiitchy. Killer flute solo. Here's a picture that Josh made for the band. Enough talking about Josh now. He is an evil human. The band is good, if you like Witchrock. 70s witchrock from the now times. And they are Canadian.
2. "Goodbye Gemini". Flute intro. Subtle bass. Witch seduction? Picks up into a nice jingle jangle. This would go well with a 90s skate video. Preferably a part by Marc Johnson or Jamie Thomas. Goodbye Gemini, let me hypnotize you with my flute solos. Nice little guitar solo at the end balanced with the mighty flute.
3. "Lord Summerisle". Nice, calm intro. Male/female lyrics about the seasons. Makes me think of this (but a lot of things make me think of this):
4. "Ballad of the Weird Sisters". Good song title. Irish folk song rhythm to the vocals. A good tune to sing along to with a pint of something. Ridiculous flute breakdown in this one. This stuff is good.
5. "The Eldritch Dark". Rocking organ intro. This band is doing their own thing. This band of witches. I checked wiki for Eldritch and came across this:
6. "Drawing Down the Moon". A song about walking through a garden. Walking through a garden with an organ of course. I imagine there will be a flute too. I spaced out a little bit too much on it.
7. "Faunus". A trembling bass. A blast of flute. More rock. Still pretty great. The vibe makes me think of nag champa. It also makes me think of my 1974 Plymouth Duster that I had in high school. There was a mysterious liquid that always appeared in the back seat, passenger side. We called it the Swamp Ooze. It was possibly just rain water, but it always had a tint of mold. You better call shotgun when riding in that car, or else you'll be stuck in the swamp. Regardless of where you sat though, we were going to Rock Fantasy. To buy Blood Ceremony albums before they existed.
8. "The Magician". Song about a magician I think. A cool musical spell seems to be cast at the end of the track.
Solid album. More stoner witch rock than metal, but that's fine.
Grade: 5 out of 5 decapitated goats.
Top Tracks:
1. Ballad of the Weird Sisters
2. Witchwood
3. Goodbye Gemini
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