While Black Sabbath are remembered for their unprecedented heaviness and aura of mystic darkness, they also had a pastoral side that wasn't all that far from Jethro Tull's flute-laden excursions. The Canadian doom metal disciples Blood Ceremony follow in kind--the songs on their gloomy self-titled debut never shy away from that wild, psychedelic woodwind noodling. Notable tracks like "I'm Coming With You" let the flute set the tone before cascading bell-bottomed guitars take control, and "Rare Lord" carries a whiff of deep-woods pagan ritual.
Professional Reviews
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "The production is the warm, fuzzy type that makes it sound more '70s than bands in the '70s did, and the music itself is really early, dusty doom with swirls of psychedelic keyboards and organs..."
