Almost a decade after the release of their previous full length album, Swedish band Witchcraft released ‘IDAG’, a heavily atmospheric collection of songs that demonstrated their blend of doom and occult folk music very effectively. Clearly keen to make up for lost time, this follow up comes just ten months later – a rush-release by Witchcraft standards – but the five tracks that make up ‘A Sinner’s Child’ are clearly not left-overs or also-rans of any kind.
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ROT FESTER – Death Row EP
Rot Fester’s debut EP – 2024’s ‘Condone Or Condemn’ presented eighteen minutes’ worth of old school death metal fury. With the bulk of the material adopting a bass heavy approach coupled with a guttural roar, the Swedish duo were certainly heavy, but the sludgy tone of the recording ensured they didn’t just sound like they were casually retreading a traditonal death metal path.
Alfavrak launch new album with ‘Bita till’
Yesterday, Swedish rockers Alfavrak released their new album, ‘Kass kontroll’. What can potential fans expect from this new record?
MAMMOTH VOLUME – Raised Up By Witches
Swedish stoner rock band Mammoth Volume are an interesting prospect. Their work isn’t shy in sharing the kind of 70s guitar tones you’ll find on early Queens of The Stone Age recordings, or exploring the corners of retro sounds beloved by latter day Opeth, but there’s always more to their albums than fuzzy heaviness and Hammond drenched grooves. ‘Raised Up By Witches’, their fifth release, in many ways, finds their mix of blues, fuzzy stoner metal and jazz coming of age.
SVARTANATT – Last Days On Earth
Following a couple of strong releases in 2016 and 2018, Svartanatt made a long overdue return in 2023 with their single ‘Child of The Devil’. By opening with a riff that sounded like a souped up version of ‘Born To Be Wild’ meeting with a rough approximation of the early Blue Oyster Cult, the track wasn’t exactly shy in advertising the fact that the band’s music had taken on an even more retro feel than before, but with the aid of swirling organ worthy of Ken Hensley, a rousing chorus loaded with gang vocals – albeit half buried under a bluster of guitar and keys – and a strong speed driven groove, it suggested that the forthcoming album would be an absolute blast. Fans were not to be short changed.