Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark (Rise Above)
In number 19 come the Psychedelic Doom Metallers Blood Ceremony with their third and more mature studio attempt, The Eldritch Dark.
Guitarist and main composer of the group, Sean Kennedy had previously classified the band as a "folkier" Sabbath.
Compared with the two previous works,production is cleaner and vintage guitars sound more old-school. Compared with its predecessor, the "The Eldritch Dark" is more well-crafted, yet less complicated and tricky. The album opens with "Witchwood", which has the most changes and summarizes in the seven minutes that it lasts all styles encompassed in the album. The single "Goodbye Gemini" is fast-paced and with a catchy refrain, but is not 100% representative of the whole album. "Lord Summerisle", is very reminiscent of Sabbath pieces in the vein of "Planet Caravan". The first of the two peaks of the disc belonging to the "Ballad Of The Weird Sisters" which is based on the prog / folk teachings of Jethro Tull, the other being undoubtedly "The Magician", adding equal pieces of early Floyd and Jethro Tull in the mix. The rest of the album is also flawlessly executed, even if less memorable than the songs described, at least for me.
If the aim of the album was to filter through their influences and, if possible, to expand their style, they manage it superbly well in "The Eldritch Dark".
92/100
Below is the music video for the single of the album "Goodbye Gemini".
Guitarist and main composer of the group, Sean Kennedy had previously classified the band as a "folkier" Sabbath.
Compared with the two previous works,production is cleaner and vintage guitars sound more old-school. Compared with its predecessor, the "The Eldritch Dark" is more well-crafted, yet less complicated and tricky. The album opens with "Witchwood", which has the most changes and summarizes in the seven minutes that it lasts all styles encompassed in the album. The single "Goodbye Gemini" is fast-paced and with a catchy refrain, but is not 100% representative of the whole album. "Lord Summerisle", is very reminiscent of Sabbath pieces in the vein of "Planet Caravan". The first of the two peaks of the disc belonging to the "Ballad Of The Weird Sisters" which is based on the prog / folk teachings of Jethro Tull, the other being undoubtedly "The Magician", adding equal pieces of early Floyd and Jethro Tull in the mix. The rest of the album is also flawlessly executed, even if less memorable than the songs described, at least for me.
If the aim of the album was to filter through their influences and, if possible, to expand their style, they manage it superbly well in "The Eldritch Dark".
92/100
Below is the music video for the single of the album "Goodbye Gemini".
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