By High Priestess
Reviewed by Abel Gomez
Tribal, ecstatic, and transcendent are three words to describe the works of California based songstress High Priestess. Her first album, Sellisternia (‘Feast of the Goddess’) fuses elements of eletronica and acoustic instruments into a unique rhythmic experience.
High Priestess defies the genre and the confines of conventional music combining her ethereal and haunting vocals with ambient, trance, jazz, psychedelic, Celtic, and world beats into a one of a kind sound. High Priestess is Pagan and her beliefs and style are echoed through out the album. The lyrics reflect her experience in spirituality, sex, and altered states of being through poetic verse and song.
The most notable is “Oblivion, 1st Movement”, a psychedelic-tribal hymn to the Goddess. For anyone who loves raves, world beats, Pagan themed music, or just wants something unique, Sellisernia is indispensable. Rating: 5 out of 5 magick wands!
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