In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend＜限定盤＞

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Reverend Bizarre arguably achieved an unprecedented creative high point for Finnish-bred doom with their stellar 2002 debut, In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend, but because it was released by poorly distributed indie label Sinister Figure, very few people were able to hear it. A reissue the following year by Low Frequency Records did little to correct this problem, but Season of Mist trumped them both with this well-deserved and quite lavish 2005 double-disc presentation. Disc one contains the original album itself -- a heart-stopping display of frosty, archetypal doom sprung directly from the deep well of Black Sabbath, Pentagram, and Candlemass. Disc two collects 65 minutes worth of B-side, compilation, and other such unreleased material -- seven tracks bookended by the impossibly turgid "The March of the War Elephants" and the comparatively upbeat "The Wrath of the War Elephants" (which owes obvious lineage to Saint Vitus' "War Is Our Destiny," but adds interesting synths to the equation as well). Also worth mentioning, "The Festival" (and to a lesser degree "For You Who Walk in the Land of Shadows") explores that gentle, "Planet Caravan" template that's always so effective for counterpoint on power chord-heavy LPs such as this, and the self-explanatory "Aleister" conjures a particularly nefarious melody with which to depict its sinister subject. Both discs total a whopping 140 minutes of doom and gloom, plenty of bang for your buck, and as the adapted quote puts it so eloquently: "Doom what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." ~ Eduardo Rivadavia