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Album of the day: The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicenter

Posted on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Blistering.com: Rare when a band actually tweaks us out while listening to them. Meaning, nothing prompts Blistering to feel uneasy or uncomfortable during an album spin, being that no amount of devil-humping, gore and guts, or lurid allegory will cause us to lose any sleep, but there’s something hauntingly charming about The Devil’s Blood.

Maybe it’s because they’re Satanic without the comedic aspect, with a female singer (F/TBD/MOS) who casts 70’s proto-metal spells like the most evil of witches. It somehow all adds up effortlessly, and on the band’s second full-length The Thousandfold Epicenter, the results are majestic.

Right in line with 2009’s excellent The Time of No Time Evermore, The Thousanfold Epicenter retains many of its predecessor’s production qualities. The thing sounds righteously ingrained in the 70’s, with natural tones and sounds. In addition, the harmonic layering done on F/TBD/MOS’s vocals is reminiscent of Heart (yes, that Heart) when they were at their most rocking and mysterious, as heard on album highlight ‘Within the Charnel House of Love’, which could very be the band’s best song to date.

Continue reading: Blistering.com Review: The Devil’s Blood – The Thousandfold Epicenter.

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