-- Black Widow - Sacrifice | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 16.49 Amazon Price $ 16.49 Savings $ 0.00 | |  Release Date: , Phantom
TRACK LISTING - In Anceient Days
- Way To Power
- Come To The Sabbat
- Conjuration
- Seduction
- Attack Of The Demon
- Sacrifice
Usually ships in 2 to 3 days | | | Obscure Satanic Album from 1970 | | Having been born in 1970, I never knew about the existence of Black Widow until recently. I stumbled across mention of this album in a short book about satanic influences/imagery in rock music (called _Lucifer Rising_). There were some pictures from the elaborate stage show with the singer holding a sword over a woman`t neck. There was a paragraph or two describing the band and what everyone who knows them considers their best album, _Sacrifice_. I couldn`t resist, I just had to hear the album because the book really got me interested. I can`t say that I was disappointed. Don`t buy this expecting to hear Sabbath-like metal. It is, however, fairly decent, listenable rock of the Jethro Tull variety, with good production values (solid drum and bass guitar sound). and in fact if I were forced to sum up their sound in a nutshell, I would say that Black Widow is sort of a poor man`s Jethro Tull. The only song that sounds sort of hokey or cheesy was the single "Come to the Sabbat"--but it`s got that so-bad-it`s-good quality that redeems it. It`s good for a few laughs. The album artwork is pretty neat, and overall mood has that Hammer Horror films atmosphere to it. It`s a good album for listening to on a cold, gray autumn day to get you in the Halloween mood. | | | | Early Occult Rock | | No, not metal-although the influence on metal is very obvious. Prog rock could mean big dull productions like ELP, or occasionally, powerful things like this. The flute and extra percussion are color-they give the music a feel of ancient civilization. The arrangements are not particularly complex, and the story of Magic, satanism, and reincarnation is very upfront. take Merciful Fate, Venom, or Slayer and play their music acoustically-that`s a close approximation of what this sounds like. | | | | first and last | | this first album by Black Widow demonstrated the kind of So-called satanic music that they pioneered. Often mistaken for Black Sabbath, the music was entirely different...more organ, flute and sax than fuzz bass. This was their only Satanic album changing because of negative pressure to more of a light progressive band with their following albums. A good album of its kind. | | |
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