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The Devil's Blood-Graveyard Shuffle 7"/Come Reap EP Review


The Devil's Blood debut single, The Graveyard Shuffle, is a solid, dark, satanic psychedelic rock record, with influences by 
Roky Erickson and The Aliens, 13th Floor Elevators, and Black Widow. The A side, Graveyard shuffle is a great, dark 60's garage band vibe,
amazing guitar harmonies, and a phenomal voice sung by founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter Selim "S.L." Lemouchi's sister Farida.
These guys are the real deal, they really did practice theistic satanism, and you can feel it in the music. There's alot of darkness
in the beautiful, melodic psychedelic landscapes. The B side, A Waxing Moon Over Babylon, is so beautiful, and has an almost poppish
harmony, singing about evil shit, speaking to demons to guide the songwriter. It's unique, and fresh and crisp. S.L. is severely
missed, and isn't really recognized for his talent, unfortunately, he took his own life by choice, not depression, at the age of 33.
This is just a small snippet of things to come in their career, Hail S.L., your music is amazing.

The Devil's Blood EP, Come, Reap, picks up where The Graveyard Shuffle left off. Everything they did in their career literally
ties together as one big concept record, released one at a time. The title track, Come, Reap, is a upbeat call to demonic
forces in a pentagram drawn on the ground. The music is so crisp, and energetic, melodic, and dark, the musical passages
are epically hypnotic and danceable, yet macabre. It's a gentle satanic experience in a way, but sonically. It is absolutely incredible.
With three lead guitarists in the band total, it is incredible, almost organically, symphonically orchestrated. The musicianship
is unique completely, and is so intricate, and amazing. River Of Gold starts with a pulsing, walking bass riff, funky, groovy, and 
the guitars kick in with this great riff, and it's bluesy as much as it is hard psychedelic rock, and soaring, haunting vocals.
Their music really sucks you in, like a seductive temptress with red eyes and sharp teeth, piercing your neck. The Heavens cry out
for the Devil's Blood literally sounds like an evil, apocolyptic sounding Jefferson Airplane. I can imagine hippies in dark robes
dancing around a fire, a human sacrifice, and ritual daggers, tripping and stoned. It's anti flower power, but its so groovy.
White Faces, A cover of the Roky Erickson song, is so energetic, it's like an old 60s garage band, hungry. It's smoother,
and has a great vocal by Farida, and definitely does justice to the original. The last track, Voodoo Dust, is the bands magnus opus,
their Echoes, if you will. A long, dark, beautifully hypnotic epic, beautiful simple, and incredible, and trancelike, complete with a 
beautiful outro. This is a fantastic satnic neopsychedelic rock album, and The Devil's Blood were the best of their kind, and 
unique in their music and approach. Fantastic talent, amazing work. 

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