Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls

Coven was an interesting little flick back in the day. Yeah, I sound like an old man. This album and band were pretty much stereotypical cookie cutter product of their time (late 60s and early 70s) with one very distinct trait. Their imagery and lyrics were focused on the occult and satanism. Not very subtle and hidden but completely open and direct. This came out before Black Sabbath did their thing so ironically Sabbath were called a British answer to Coven. Sadly this isn't as nearly as good as is Black Sabbath but it has its shining points.

This whole album is like a silly exploitation movie about Satanism. The last track is actually a whole black mass recorded with chants and everything. Today we find this silly but in those days it managed to spur some controversy which eventually gave them some acclaim. Aside from their gimmicks this is nothing really nothing special and they keep the music in the boundaries of then standards. I don't mean to say that it's bad music, it's just not very innovative or original but it's fairly catchy and the (female) vocalist sounds a lot like the chick from Jefferson Airplane. So in a sense this is Jefferson Airplane that's devoted to Satan in the name of commercialism.

Some more info about it on Wikipedia.

Pulp download.