I'm reviewing this CD as a "black metal public service announcement" so to speak, as some might be tempted to pick this up based on the fact that it was mentioned in Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind's "Lords of Chaos", as well as having a track that was covered by Bewitched on their "Encyclopedia of Evil" mCD. Well, save your $$$ folks, as I seriously doubt 99.999% of you would find anything of value in this whatsoever. I came to acquire this CD from Malphas, who didn't want this tainting his excellent CD collection. So what makes it so bad ? Well, it's not really (Malphas would vehemently disagree), but I just can't see anyone grabbing this and going "WOW! What a lost gem this is!". Black Widow are basically a satanic/occult version of Jethro Tull plus some keyboards - if you can imagine "Aqualung" with lyrics about witches, demons, hell and other such things, then you've pretty much got the idea and can see why this would be of zero interest to the majority of you out there. I find it somewhat interesting for it's novelty/cheese value, but musically, it's a total wash out (it also has that rank that most albums from 1970 have, which is when this was recorded and released). On top of that, this is only available as a Japanese import as far as I know, so I'd really hate to see anyone blow that much money on anything this bad. Avoid at all costs, unless you're a die hard wanky prog-rock (minus the musicianship) enthusiast...

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