Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects (2005)

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Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects (2005)
EAC | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | 580 Mb | Covers
Doom Metal | 2003 | Finland | | Label: Spikefarm/Fono | Catalog: FO491CD | RAR 3% Rec | RS

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‘In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend’ was the sound of a witches Sabbath at the circle of dawn, brewing their foul potions of lizard, bat and Finish moonshine distilled in a bath tub. ‘Crush the Insects’, was something different altogether. “When shall we three meet again”, inquired the one who looks a bit like Sean Bean, “In thunder, lightning or in rain?”. “No”, spake the one who looks more like a gothic Grandma, “In full Puritan garb”. Puritans, to me at least, don’t really scream heavy metal, they banned Christmas, which has always been a prime time for heavy drinking and acquiring new albums …but maybe this is just a Catholic upbringing speaking. To Reverend Bizarre however, the Puritans are very much the new model (army?) for metal. Cromwell’s quest for religious purity and piety is apparently the mould for the Reverend’s striving for the purest doom metal. Actually, Cromwell’s warts make him look a tad like Lemmy, perhaps he listened to ‘At War with Satan’ whilst putting Irish babies on spikes. For me, the most striking thing about Reverend Bizarre is the vocals. Sir Albert Witchfinder sings with a put on English accent that is similar to what many English bands actually sung in in the 70s and early 80s. Nowadays, no fucker in England actually sings like this, it tends to be put on Cockney/Scouse/Sheffield accent or whatever happens to be in vogue this week. Strangely enough, this English style of singing has migrated to Scandinavia as the feller in Witchcraft also sings with a similar tone. Despite this doom metal piety and saying Áve María to Iommi every night before bed (or whatever Protestants do, probably eating babies and being frivolous with contraception), here Reverend Bizarre have successfully married shorter more accessible numbers with their standard epic doom workouts. The short accessible ones, though still rather heavy numbers are a clear nod to NWOBHM bands such as the perennially over-valued Witchfinder General, a true testament to the aforementioned band’s elevated status is that these tracks are better than anything Zeeb Parkes and co. ever achieved. ‘Doom Over the World’ is a rollicking start and surprisingly up tempo, even if the vocals suggest that this spreading of doom is a Herculean task and a sombre duty rather than a joy, spread by the hammer and the crushing of heretical skulls. ‘Doom Over the World’ musically is very simple based on that VI-VII-I chord progression (the same one Maiden use loads) in the verse and the other progressions are equally simple, however Albert’s vocal impassioned vocal delivery make it still a compelling listen, and I’ll never scorn anyone for playing it musically simple. ‘The Devil Rides Out’, based on one of my favourite novels and Hammer films, is even more easy-going, in fact its main riff is only note away from the age old Sabbath classic ‘Sweet Leaf’. Lyrically, this really is a fantastic song, Albert’s command of the English language is exceptional (what is with this foreigners putting us to shame so often!). Also of note is the wonderful chiming guitar solo, this all somewhat earthy in its execution is far most invigorating than sweep-picked runs. Peter Vicar, both in tone and approach, reminds me of Hawkwind’s Dave Brock, who also utilises solos that are far more about tone and atmosphere rather than the actual notes he’s playing. On a doom record such as this, I can remember thinking I was to expect Iommi homage’s throughout the lead work, however this reference to a far more unsung influence on metal, Hawkwind, is most welcome. In true 70s fashion Reverend Bizarre have divided an album into two clear parts, the first containing the more brief tracks and the second consisting of doom epics mostly in excess of ten minutes. ‘Council of Ten’ is a familiar tale of witchcraft and all sorts of occulted guile, very much established in metal yet nonetheless harrowing. The idea of the three witches expressed in the lyrics is often used, for instance in Macbeth and originally in Norse mythology in the form of the Norns (indeed, the very name of the ‘Weird Sisters’ comes from the Norns as the Old English Wyrd is too based on the concept of Fate, and the name Urðr, a prominent Norn, is Old Norse for Fate ). Musically, the song utilises the same tempo changes established in the primeval metal classic ‘Black Sabbath’. ‘By this Axe I Rule’ is the sort of thing the outside world deems all metalheads to obsess over, the malignant slaughter of a hapless lover. In truth, only 70% of the metal community dreams of such events, the other 30% being far too preoccupied with goat farming for the purpose of Satanic ritual to even have time for such idle pipe dreams. It is perhaps ironic, if intentional, that after this violent song we have the romanticised and beautiful, ‘Eternal Forest’. Certainly from a band who issued this album with stickers proclaiming themselves sellouts, I could suspect a little humour in this pacing. Anyway, the sweeping, despondent doom of ‘Eternal Forest’, I could imagine, is a perfect soundtrack to the endless forests and lakes of that make-believe land, Finland. Furthering some irony (or at least a reflection of the dire state of modern metal) is that Reverend Bizarre’s second full length is one of the better modern metal albums around. Despite the fact that it is unashamedly retro in sound and style. Oh well. But fans of traditional doom that manages to pay homage to the fathers of the genre should certainly check out ‘Crush the Insects’ and you can trust me that it’s a hell of a lot better than what followed.

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Albert Witchfinder (bass, vocals)
Peter Vicar (guitars)
Earl of Void (drums)

1 Doom Over the World 7:37
2 The Devil Rides Out 6:10
3 Cromwell 5:25
4 Slave of Satan 13:27
5 Council of Ten 8:32
6 By This Axe I Rule! 10:02
7 Eternal Forest 10:52
8 Fucking Wizard 11:15

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