Living with the Ancients [Digipak] by Blood Ceremony (CD, Mar-2011, Metal Blade)

Album Features
UPC:	039841499322
Artist:	Blood Ceremony
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2011
Record Label:	Metal Blade
Genre:	Progressive Rock, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Great God Pan, The
2. Coven Tree
3. Hermit, The
4. My Demon Brother
5. Morning of the Magicians
6. Oliver Haddo
7. Night of Augury
8. Witch's Dance, The
9. Daughter of the Sun

Details
Playing Time:	52 min.
Producer:	Sanford Parker
Distributor:	Relativity Entertainment
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Alia O'Brien (vocals, flute, organ); Sean Kennedy (guitar); Andrew Haust (drums, percussion); Lucas Gadke (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Sanford Parker.Recording information: Electrical Audio & Semaphore, Chicago.Photographer: Kate Young .Canadian retro-rock quartet Blood Ceremony plod the same groove worn deep by Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, and other blues-rockers in the late '60s and early '70s. Their debut CD was a pretty decent effort, except for the vocalist, who was flat and tuneless. She's gotten better on this one, and her flute playing has improved, too; she multi-tracks herself on "Coven Tree" to excellent effect, sounding almost Ian Anderson-ish as the band cranks up the ultra-analog blooze/proto-metal riffage behind her. This record's sound is impeccable; it really could have been recorded in 1971. They even get the boxy drum sound right, something modern retro-rockers never manage. The lyrics are satanic hokum, calls to the Black Mass and whatnot, much like the similar Sabbath Assembly project, which set hymns written by post-hippie cult the Process Church of the Final Judgment to acid rock riffs. Living with the Ancients will absolutely appeal to fans of early-'70s proto-metal, but Electric Wizard fans should check it out, too; the band's songs have a similar incantatory power. ~ Phil Freeman