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For nearly three decades,
Blue Öyster Cult has been thrilling fans of
intelligent hard rock worldwide with powerful albums
loaded with classic songs. Indeed, the Long Island,
NY based band is revered within the hard rock and
heavy metal scene for its pioneering work.
That tradition continues with the June 5, 2001,
release of Curse of the Hidden Mirror on CMC International
Records, a division of the Sanctuary Records Group.
Blue Öyster Cult occupies a unique place
in rock history because it's one of very few hard
rock/heavy metal bands to earn both genuine mainstream
critical acclaim as well as commercial success.
The band is often cited as a major influence by
other acts such as Metallica, and BÖC was
listed in VH1's countdown of the greatest hard
rock bands of all time.
Upon the release of
BÖC's self-titled debut album in 1972, the
band was praised for its catchy-yet-heavy music
and lyrics that could be provocative, terrifying,
funny or ambiguous, often all in the same song.
BÖC's canon includes three stone-cold classic
songs that will waft through the cosmos long after
the sun has burned out: The truly
haunting "(Don't
Fear) The Reaper" from 1976's Agents of Fortune,
the pummeling "Godzilla" from 1977's
Spectres and the hypnotically melodic "Burnin'
for You" from 1981's Fire of Unknown Origin.
Other notable BÖC songs include "Cities
on Flame with Rock and Roll," "Then Came
the Last Days of May," "I Love the Night," "In
Thee,"
"Veteran of the Psychic
Wars," "Dominance and Submission," "Astronomy," "Black
Blade" and "Shooting Shark."
Curse of the Hidden
Mirror "reflects" the intense creative
vision of BÖC's original core trio of vocalist/lead
guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser,
vocalist/rhythm guitarist Eric Bloom and keyboardist/guitarist
Allen Lanier and the longtime rhythm section of
bass guitarist Danny Miranda and drummer Bobby
Rondinelli (ex-Rainbow, ex-Black
Sabbath). This album is
the follow-up to 1998's CMC International release
Heaven Forbid, which was BÖC's first new studio
album in 10 years. |
