Bewitcher - 'Spell Shock' (official album stream)

«All the best tunes belong to the Devil, and Portland’s bastard triptych Bewitcher have returned to take back rock n’ roll in Baphomet’s name. Spell Shock, the speed demons’ latest, raises Bewitcher's horns and pushes their extremes straight into the fiery red.»

Κάπως έτσι προλογίζουν οι Bewitcher την δισκογραφική τους επιστροφή μετά από τρία έτη (τυπικά ένα, αν συνυπολογίσουμε και την περσινή συλλογή "Deep Cuts and Shallow Graves"). "Spell Shock" ο τίτλος και κυκλοφόρησε προ ημερών.

Οι Bewitcher μας έρχονται από το Πόρτλαντ. Heavy metal μπάντα με speed / black προεκτάσεις (στα φωνητικά κυρίως), η οποία δημιουργήθηκε πριν από μία ενδεκάδα έτη και μας παρουσιάζεται κάπως έτσι: «heavy metal at the speed of Satan» (και εναλλακτικά ως «rock n' roll on the wings of the devil»).

Έχουν κυκλοφορήσει τέσσερις "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους ("Bewitcher" 2016, "Under the Witching Cross" 2019, "Cursed Be Thy Kingdom" 2021, μοι τρεις πρώτοι), δύο συλλογές ("Grand Rites of the Wicked" 2015, "Deep Cuts and Shallow Graves" 2023), τρία demos και κάποια singles...

Δελτίο τύπου: «"Spell Shock" is a blazing return for Portland Satanic Speed Metal invocators and provocateurs, Bewitcher.

In a decade of manifesting musical darkness and riding roughshod over the groundwork laid by Motörhead and Venom, Bewitcher has proven itself one of the underground's most buzzed-about propositions, churning up the pavement with the likes of Cavalera, Municipal Waste and Creeping Death (to name a few).

"Spell Shock" is where the threesome not only go back to throttle-down basics on tracks like the bombastic opener, "Starfire Maelstrom" but also revel in the rock with "Out Against the Law" or wax liturgical on the elegiac "We Die In Dust".

This time, Bewitcher enlisted none other than legendary guitarist, songwriter and metal-punk fanatic Lars Frederiksen (Rancid, Old Firm Casuals) to help conjure their hell-and-back chaos and the results are nothing short of furiously irrelevant and utterly unholy. Hellfire rarely sounds this good.»

Band: Bewitcher
Country of origin: United States
Location: Portland, Oregon
Formed in: 2013
Genre: Black/Speed Metal
Lyrical themes: Hedonism, Witchcraft, Satan, Metal
Years active: 2013-present

Album: "Spell Shock"
Type: Full length
Release date: September 27th, 2024
Label: Century Media Records
Format: CD, 12" vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
01. Starfire Maelstrom
02. Lavish Desecration
03. Spell Shock
04. Out Against the Law
05. Dystopic Demonolatry
06. Seasons of Foul Harvest
07. We Die in Dust
08. The Harem Conspiracy
09. Pagan Shadows
10. Ride of the Ironfox
11. Starfire Maelstrom (Single Edit)

Band members:
A. Magus - Bass, Vocals (backing)
M. Von Bewitcher - Guitars, Vocals
A. Hunter - Drums, Percussion

Miscellaneous staff:
Lars Frederiksen - Producer
SoloMacello - Artwork