The Blood Divine

01. The Blood Divine - Awaken, 1996 CD Album      Peaceville - CDVILE 62 02. The Blood Divine - Mystica, 1997 CD Album      Peaceville - CDVILE 70 Too light for doom metal fans? Too heavy for goths or 70s rockers? The two magnificent albums of the short-lived The Blood Divine may have commercially suffered from lack of extremities, especially in the 90s when everything metal had to be more extreme than anything else (those who remember the Usenet forums like alt.rock-n-roll.metal.death remember the early days of keyboard duels). But on the artistic level, these minor masterpieces are rich and lively purveyors of non-traditional doom metal with a 70s non-Black Sabbath approach. The singer came from Anathema after all. The songs are gloomy but not funeral, the general atmosphere may be dark or light, but never with much joy. These are great soundtracks for winter. They rock but you are always on the verge of freezing. Majestic ruins, heavy with sadness, not losing qualities as time passes, I've always loved The Blood Divine, and I shall continue. Remove brackets and unzip: [divinizer] !ZER The Blood Divine ZER!