28 de dezembro de 2008

Black Widow - Black Widow IV (1972)

A sort of very early prog with influences from jazz, blues and rock, though of little interest today IMO. Hard rock/prog with satanic influences. Organ and flute instead of guitar. Third album features guitarist John Culley, ex-Cressida. Supposed to be very satanic-orientated a la Dr. Z or Pathfinder-era Beggars Opera. They also apparently had a very over-the-top stage show. -- Mike Ohman Early prog with satanic tendencies. Similar in sound to Cressida and co. albeit with "evil" lyrics. I have Sacrifice and is not even that bad, although it is from 1970. You can hear some quite good flute and some clarinet although is not so easily discernible. Most of songs are quite energetic as it is the hit "Come To The Sabbath" , covered or ripped by plenty of hard rock/metal bands. It’s style which was later "weighted", popularized and brought to the edge of good taste by dark metallers Mercyful Fate. Concerning lyrics, I don’t believe this guys were seriously into satanism, it’s more like a parody of the parody. I think the singer should die laughing when sing this. It’s kinda peak of satanic hard prog rock music.I don’t know, music somehow doesn’t fit to that thematics. Overall, nothing to die for, yet it has some moments. -- Nenad Kobal (Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock).
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