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Originally Posted by Goofle11
Blood Ceremony - Living With the Ancients
Woods of Ypres - Grey Skies Electric Light (really average)
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Love the Blood Ceremony LP. I liked it on first listen and then shelved it, for quite some time. When I went back I appreciated it more, including all the flutey, folky parts.
I completely disagree on WOY too. I love that release. Initially it took some getting used to, their movement away from atmospheric black metal into more doom and by Woods 5, it's like 90% doom and completely clean vocals on that 90% as well.
The vocals are somber, gloomy, almost talked in parts and the record is almost completely themed around death. The words seem to hold much more weight when you consider that David Gold passed between the albums recording and its release and so Woods 5 is the final installment of the bands discography. A very fitting end.