BLOOD CEREMONY

Release Year: 2023
Artist Origin: CAN
Style: occult psychedelic doom metal / rock

seven-year-long hiatus has only deepened the mystical charm of Canadian four-piece, as this long-awaited fifth studio longplay emerges both as a return to form and a subtle evolution, weaving their signature blend of vintage proto-doom, pastoral folk, and occult psychedelia into ten rich, compact songs driven by Alia'os O'Brien's enchanting vocals, spectral flute passages, and a warmer, more melodic approach that leans closer to British acid folk than ever before, while still retaining the sabbathian heaviness and eerie theatrical flair of earlier records, resulting in an album that feels both comfortingly familiar and quietly daring, celebrating timeless magic with lyrical nods to myth, ritual, and nature-bound mysticism; first press British slipcase edition comes with sixteen page booklet