Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony

Blood Ceremony are a Canadian band which clearly state their musical intentions through their first release with Rise Above Records.
\r\nIn their first and homonymous album, they present to us nine tracks of pure 70s doom rock, influenced by Jefferson Airplane, the U.S. Band Coven, Pentagram, Black Widow and newer bands who insist on playing in the same old time style for their own - and of course ours – pleasure. If any of you have listened to Jex Thoth for instance, you will automatically place the band in the same music category. Of course, Blood Ceremony also seem influenced by huge progressive bands of the past, like Jethro Tull or Uriah Heep, something that shows in the moog and flutes which are part of the album.
\r\nTo my surprise, their Compositions aren’t too long, which is something that clearly doesn’t work against them. In the 4 or 5 minutes that each of them lasts, they present a variety of instruments, some of which are violins, flutes and 70s style keyboards. As I mentioned before, the album seems trapped in the middle of the 70s in all areas, like their sound, production and music habits.
\r\nClearly, the classic instruments of a guitar rock band still exist, something that reminds me of early Pentagram, Blue Cheer, Jethro Tull or even (at some parts) Sabbath – mostly in their more blues climaxes.
\r\nThe occult is a main element and their lyrics involve witches, paganism and a regard to E.A. Poe.
\r\nThe female vocals the band is using totally go with their whole style and they are truly magnificent or even a little haunted. For the past week I have their LP and I must have listened to it more than 20 times, something that assures me of the band’s quality and their very well-recorded work. The LP is released through Rise Above Records in CD, LP and a limited die hard LP witch includes a 7” bonus. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys this music style, since this is an experience rising from the “darkest” time of rock, the legendary 70s.
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\r\nLabros “Witchfynder” Tennes
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\r\nTranslation : Iro Kapeloni
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