Seven Sisters - The Cauldron and the Cross


Oh my, i'm really jazzercised about tonight's album (that's a super complicated tangential reference to Noah's wife from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure). Do you like NWOBHM? You know, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Diamond Head? Wish there was a right now band doing that? Great news, Seven Sisters will melt your chain mail to your skin and leave you begging the priestess to put in a good word with the goddess for you so you can march to war to defend the crown of the horned one. And they'll even tell you which guitarist is playing which guitar solo like Grandma Megadeth used to do! 

Think i'm joking? I'm not, The Cauldron and the Cross is a full out medieval epic full of magic and glory and bloody bloody dying in battle because there's really not much else to do when you find yourself stuck in some Arthurian-analog adventure quest. Go ahead check out their bandcamp page at https://sevensistersheavymetal.bandcamp.com/ and then come back here and ask how you can buy a copy of The Cauldron and the Cross from me for 21.98. You will not regret it in the slightest. 

A lot of people are confused by the British label Back on Black. Some confuse it for Back to Black, some mistakenly think it's a bootleg label, i know its just a guy in England who licenses recordings from small independent labels and pay to have records manufactured. Can't speak for the entire catalog, but this particular pressing is amazing. Fair warning, the records aren't actually inserted into their respective gatefold jacket pockets, so don't go ripping open the shrink wrap like a potato chip bag (that's crisp packet for you English lads and lasses) unless you want the records to skedaddle off your hamburger like tomato slices when you take the first bite. But seriously, if you thought proper heavy metal was merely a legend of yore, Seven Sisters will smack you sideways with battle axe then string it up and rip a killer solo while your bleeding torso flops on the ground and you delusionally cry "'tis but a scratch!" 

A scratch? Your arms off! You're a loony.

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