This week Monday Magick indulges in some head-nodding goodness in the form of a breakbeat classic well known in beat digging circles. “Sorcerer of Isis” from Detroit four-piece Power of Zeus, from the band’s 1970 release ‘The Gospel According to Zeus’, an oft-sampled slice of psychedelia, is that “from the[…]
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Monday Magick: Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills – Season of the Witch (Video)
The third week’s entry in Monday Magick’s month-long tribute to “Season of the Witch” comes via an epic voodoo-Funk rework of the tune courtesy of Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and Steve Stills. It comes from their 1968 “all-star jam” album ‘Super Session’ and takes the shape of a nearly 10[…]
Monday Magick: Black Sabbath – Behind the Wall of Sleep (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick comes courtesy of no less a purveyor of occult-inspired Rock than the grandaddies of Heavy Metal themselves, Black Sabbath. The song, “Behind the Wall of Sleep”, took its name from a short story by the creator of the Cthulhu Mythos himself, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and appeared[…]
Monday Magick: Arzachel – Azathoth (Video)
This week’s Monday Magick entry echoes out of eternity from 1971 London, England where four piece Blues Rock band Egg, formerly known as Uriel, took up the pseudonym Arzachel to record an experimental, and eldritch, psychedelic album. The self-titled LP, released by the little known Evolution label, didn’t exactly set[…]