According to Metal Blade Records, BLOOD CEREMONY recently returned to Canada after a successful North American tour with Kylesa. Shortly before the tour, the band shot a video for “Goodbye Gemini” from their most recent album, “The Eldritch Dark.” The video is now available and is streaming now on progrockmag.com HERE.

Blood Ceremony released third full length album, The Eldritch Dark, on May 28th via Metal Blade Records in North America. The record is available through Rise Above Records in Europe.

About The Eldritch Dark:
In late 2012/early 2013, Blood Ceremony enclosed themselves within a dank, tomb-like chamber to begin preparations for their third album. After a mind-numbing spell in the analogue womb of Toronto’s ProGold Studios, the band is now ready to unveil their newest, and most accomplished, musical offering: The Eldritch Dark. The debut single, “Goodbye Gemini”, can be heard now at metalblade.com/bloodceremony.

Recorded and mixed by producer Ian Blurton (Cauldron, Cursed) and mastered by Canadian recording legend Nick Blagona (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Crazy World of Arthur Brown), The Eldritch Dark is a full-length paean to the darker corners of folklore and legend. Containing eight tracks of black magic rock ‘n’ roll, the album crackles with the excitement of a nocturnal ritual.

Tales of witch-cult gatherings in wooded glens, pacts made in torch-lit abbeys and Victorian magic are accompanied by vintage-style hard rock riffs, snaking bass lines and stirring flute melodies. The Eldritch Dark also sees the band exploring a folksier side of their sound; most evident in the hymn-like “Lord Summerisle” and the murderous folk-rock epic, “Ballad of the Weird Sisters”. Nineteenth century sorcerer, Oliver Haddo, makes a return appearance in the riff-hypnotic album closer, “The Magician”.

The Eldritch Dark will be released via Metal Blade Records/Rise Above Records in North America on May 28th, 2013. BLOOD CEREMONY will be joining Kylesa on tour in North America throughout May and June.

“A GOD DAMN TRUE ROCK MASTERPIECE!” OccultRock.com

“Only at a Blood Ceremony show are devil horns the correct response to a triumphantly raised flute.” NOW MAGAZINE

http://www.metalblade.com/bloodceremony