BEDEMON "Child Of Darkness" LP Black Widow
BEDEMON was during one year a project of guitarist Randy Palmer in ’73, before
he joined Pentagram in ’74. Then he quits the band, and in the late seventies
he returned with the BEDEMON project. He composed most of the songs in ’73-’74
and ’79, asked the help of vocalist Bobby Liebling and drummer Geof O’Keefe
from Pentagram to record the tracks with the addition of bassist Mike Matthews.
So the sound is not high quality as these recordings are remixed old demos,
but all is listenable on this vinyl. The quality is in the songs. Great seventies
doom metal related to horror, nightmare, morbidity and desperation. You are
trapped in the cursed mood when you listen to it. A journey in a dark land
of doom where the final destination is the grave. As there are 15 tracks,
don’t expect long epic pieces of 6 minutes, the songs turn around the 3 minutes.
For infos, BEDEMON reunited first in ’86, and a second time in 2001 with
the plan to work on an album. But it didn’t happen as Randy Palmer died in
August 2002. "Child Of Darkness" will stay a tribute.
Patrick Lefevre
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