REVEREND BIZARRE: In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend 2CD PROMO Gatefold RARE. Doom Metal

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Reverend Bizarre In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
Label: Spikefarm Records PROMO
Format: 2 × CD, Album
Country: Finland
Released: 2004
Genre: DOOM Metal
Tracklist:
In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
1-1 Burn In Hell! 8:52
1-2 In The Rectory 13:11
1-3 The Hour Of Death 11:48
1-4 Sodoma Sunrise 13:28
1-5 Doomsower 5:37
1-6 Cirith Ungol 21:09
Return To The Rectory
2-1 The March Of The War Elephants 8:17
2-2 The Festival 10:42
2-3 The Goddess Of Doom 12:10
2-4 Aleister 11:58
2-5 For You Who Walk In The Land Of Shadows 8:35
2-6 Dark Sorceress (Autumn Siege) 7:29
2-7 The Wrath Of The War Elephants 6:36
2-8 Doom Over The World (Video) 5:23

Drums Earl Of Void
Guitar Peter Vicar
Vocals, Bass Magister Albert*

Includes “Return To The Rectory” EP. Originally released in 2001.


Arguably the most important doom metal band from Finland ever. This remastered CD also includes a bonus disc ‘Return To The Rectory’ containing all new songs – ‘The March Of The War Elephants’, ‘The Festival’, ‘The Goddess Of Doom’, ‘Aleister’, ‘For You Who Walk In The Land Of The Shadows’, ‘Dark Sorceress’, The Wrath Of The War Elephants’ and the video for ‘Doom Over the World’. Spikefarm. 2005.


5.0 out of 5 stars Pure killer doom!,
Into The Rectory…is simply just an incredible masterpiece of doom. The bonus disk is awesome too. This package is well worth getting, especially at the price. If you like doom at all, this is an essential CD!!!


5.0 out of 5 stars If you don’t like this, you are not a doom metal fan.,
This is quite simply one of the greatest albums I have ever heard. Every song is stunningly unique, with their own personality, vibe, emotion to them. All the instruments are extremely well placed. The lyrics are incredibly epic and fantastical.

Normally I don’t give out 5 star reviews so easily, but as I find, I cannot fathom giving this less than 5 stars.

Every song is incredible, but the real masterpiece is the 21 minute epic finale “Cirith Ungol”. This has got to be THE greatest song I’ve ever heard, besides Sabbat’s “The Dwelling”. Albert’s voice and lyrics never fail to give me the creeps.

If you are a fan of Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus, Witchfinder General, and want a slower version of these bands, check Reverend Bizarre out. NOW.


5.0 out of 5 stars
”FUKK THE WEAK STONER BULL S*IT..METAL RULES!!!!!!!-
REVEREND BIZARRE

These guys hail from Finland!! land of many great bands!!

This is one KILLER album here!!

This is DOOM and more DOOM..a total rehash of Cathedrals 1991 MASTERPIECE ”FOREST OF EQUILRIBIUM” but with other elements as well!!

These songs are LONNNNNNNGGGGG!!

Each song is very different from the next!! each song sorta like their own little MENTAL FUNERAL..each a journey through your thoughts!

”Cirith Ungol”(yes a great band..which influenced the REV!) the last song..is one of the most depressing things these ears have ever heard!! just wait till the end of this hits you with a huge steaming BASS line over cloud rumbles!!

If you worshipped the FOREST ALBUM by CATHEDRAL this is a MUST OWN!!!!!

”WE MUST FACE WHAT WE FEAR..STARE IN THE EYES OF TERROR”

”DOOM WHAT THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW”


the quality of what they do play, towers above that of most other doom.

Everything that epitomises doom metal is present here: painfully slow tempos, down tuned guitars, heavy crushing riffs and extended song-lengths. What separates In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend from other similar doom bands is the incredibly dark, oppressive atmosphere. It just sounds more well, doomy, than other traditional doom. Gloomy atmosphere without the help of death metal growls, as everything here except one small hardly noticeable point in Doomsower is sung clearly.

The music is much slower than that of the bands traditional doom peers like Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus, but not too slow to become at all boring. It is still accessible enough to be easy to listen to all the way through despite its long running length of an hour and a quarter. The music is gripping and at times could even be described as catchy. The slow tempo puts a large emphasis on every single note making each and every one of them sound completely important and powerful. The drumming is fantastic, keeping the music interesting while also retaining the bleak and melancholy mood, with plenty of inventive drum fills and rolls. The bass, played by the vocalist, also plays a prominent role in the album with equally inventive bass-lines adding to the drums perfectly.

The music is very simple, but complexity is not necessary at all here. If it were more complex it would probably ruin the atmosphere. This simplicity is taken to extremes on the albums last track, Cirith Ungol, which runs its entire 21 minute length on a few simple riffs and ponderous drumming but never gets boring because of the strong atmosphere that is easy to get completely lost in.

In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend really shines during the faster-paced sections where it retains a similar atmosphere but at the same time sounds much more energetic. It is really no surprise that 2 of the best songs, In the Rectory and Sodoma Sunrise feature these sections. These parts keep the music from getting stale and give it more variety from the otherwise constant bombardment of crushing guitar riffs, so it is a pity these parts are few and far between. This is only a minor complaint however, and isn’t really that noticeable. Guitar solos are also nearly completely absent, with most of the music staying at a very low pitch.

Vocalist Reverend Witchfinder doesn’t have the range and cant quite pull of the epic soaring vocal style of acclaimed doom metal singers like Messiah Marcolin but he doesn’t really need to for the atmosphere of the music. His singing is low in the mix, buried under the heavy guitars as if it is trapped underneath, really contributing brilliantly to the claustrophobic atmosphere. At times it does sound like he is trying to go for a similar vocal style to the aforementioned Messiah Marcolin but doesn’t manage it, though he usually keeps the singing more restrained. Reverend Witchfinder does however have a decent enough range and sings in quite a few different styles, sometimes almost shouting the lyrics and as earlier mentioned at one point even growling them in a death metal style, as well as singing in a typical melodramatic doom metal fashion. The lyrics are well written but can be quite cheesy, if you hadn’t worked out from the song titles like Cirith Ungol and Burn in Hell!.

Overall, this is an incredible doom metal album, but probably too intense for those new to the genre. Fans of doom will love it!

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