Genres Doom metal Labels Spinefarm Origin Lohja, Finland (1995) | Years active 1995–2007 Genre Doom metal | |
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Associated acts The Puritan, Lord Vicar, Orne, Spiritus Mortis Past members Albert Witchfinder
Peter Vicar
Earl of Void Members Albert Witchfinder, Peter Vicar, Earl of Void, Juha-Petteri Lundqvist Albums II: Crush the Insects, In the Rectory of the Bizarr, III: So Long Suckers, Death is GloryNow, Minotauri / Reverend Bizarre Profiles |
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Reverend Bizarre was a doom metal band from Finland. They played slow and heavy traditional doom with dramatic vocals, following in the footsteps of bands such as Saint Vitus, Pentagram and Black Sabbath. The band was one of the biggest names in the fourth wave of traditional doom metal.
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According to Albert Witchfinder, the band had planned three more full-length albums, after their second album – titled Songs from the Funereal World, Heavier Than Life and How It Was Meant to Be – but this plan was later scrapped and the band made only one more LP, disbanding Reverend Bizarre "before it started to suck." The album, III So Long Suckers, was recorded in the first half of 2007, and released in August of that year. The band's last concerts were played during the autumn and winter of 2006 culminating in a final performance in Turku.

Two of the band's EPs, Harbinger of Metal and Return to the Rectory, actually exceed sixty minutes in length.

Since their disbanding, Albert Witchfinder had a new band called The Puritan, as well as a solo project called Opium Warlords, and Peter Vicar founded a new band called Lord Vicar. Both of them released (alongside original material) songs originally meant for Reverend Bizarre and that were to appear on future two albums which were never released. Furthermore, all three members of Reverend Bizarre continue doing music together in Orne (originally known as Mesmer), Vicar's old school progressive rock band in which Void plays the drums. Albert Witchfinder has appeared on vocals on both Orne full-lengths, the 2006 debut "The Conjuration by the Fire" and the 2011 second album "The Tree of Life".

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Members
Previous members
Demos



Songs
Doom Over the WorldII: Crush the Insects · 2005
Sodoma SunriseIn the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend · 2002
DoomsowerIn the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend · 2002