Black Magick SS – Spectral Ecstasy (2018)

April 5, 2023

Spectral Ecstasy is the perfect and I suppose logical continuation of the sound first presented on Kaleidoscope Dreams. This album is thirty minutes of fantastic psychedelic rock with small amounts of doom influence, as well as a larger dollop of black metal influence too, although this is definitely more restrained here than in the past.

The production is mostly the same as what came before but there have been leaps and bounds made in the songwriting. Everything just feels so much more solid and individual elements flow beautifully into one another. The title track is an excellent example of this, as is closing track “Hymn Of Pride”, which is a brilliant closing piece to the album.

There is a magical energy crackling with this one, which makes the listen a very exciting one indeed.