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Quick review of Blood Ceremony's video "Goodbye Gemini" with bonus rant

11/22/2013

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Here's the video for the song "Goodbye Gemini" from throwback occult rockers Blood Ceremony.
In this video Blood Ceremony hits everything I like about late '60s early '70s occult rock. Everything. That's the problem. Rather than be inspired by bands like Black Widow and Coven, they're trying to actually be the greatest occult band from 1969. I like it, but the remake is never as good as the original.

These are less religious times we live in. Occult and Satanic paraphernalia are stylish these days. Pretty, well-bred girls and boys can sport a Goat of Mendes tattoo and not arouse suspicion while working at a daycare.

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(Actually that's pretty cool.)
I like the pentagrams, and amulets and all the other Occult accoutrements. I'm especially fond of the era that Blood Ceremony worships. There was a too-brief explosion of awesome music and writing. But artists should take inspiration from those "Eldritch" bands and writers, not mimic them. Satanism and the Occult are safe choices today because nobody really believes in that shit anymore.

What bands are pushing the boundaries these days? I'm not sure. They're necessarily going to be obscure. And what are the boundaries anyway? What's considered evil changes.
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