Blood Ceremony

Taking their name from a 1972 Spanish horror flick named Ceremonia Sangrienta, Toronto, Canada's Blood Ceremony traffic in authentic '70s doom and heavy prog laden with occult themes and occasional folk and psych rock flourishes, none of it betraying the secret of having been recorded over 30 years after the fact. Fronted by singer/flutist/organist Alia O'Brien, the band issued a pair of well-received efforts before courting mainstream success with the release of 2013's The Eldritch Dark. Subsequent outings, Lord of Misrule (2016) and The Old Ways Remain (2023), saw them conti...