Witchery - Witchkrieg - review
Witchery - Witchkrieg - review
Tracklist
01. Witchkrieg02. Wearer Of Wolf's Skin
03. The God Who Fell From Earth
04. Conqueror's Return
05. The Reaver
06. From Dead To Worse
07. Devil Rides Out
08. One Foot In The Grave
09. Hellhound
10. Witch Hunter
11. Hung, Drawn And Quartered [limited edition bonus]
A review by
Doc G. July 27, 2010
This album is the definition of "grower", and deserves a minimum of three plays in it's entirety at the centre of your attention. It's almost like that mildly attractive person at work or school who seems to get minutely hotter by the day, until one morning you show up with an uncontrollable, raging hard on; you've all experienced this at some point or another, don't act all high and mighty. Point being, this album does seem to come across as an unimpressive thrash/melodeath hybrid on the first play or two, but given the chance, Witchkrieg becomes pretty damn infectious pretty damn fast. Enough intimate one on one time with this album makes it impossible to walk away from without hearing songs like 'From Dead To Worse' and 'The God Who Fell From Earth' in your head for a few hours. Consider what it takes for a metal album to do this; powerful songwriting, memorable hooks, and [insert brutal imagery here] heaviness. Take all of those things, cut out the fat, and voila! You have Witchkrieg. It's design is simple enough, thrash riffage, melodic death metal leads, and some subtle hardcore moments thrown in here and there. The result is each member leaving their unmistakable thumbprint while still sounding like a cohesive unit.
Now, of course certain songs stand head-and-shoulders above the others, but frankly there isn't a filler to be found. Even the weaker tracks on the disc have at least one or two noteworthy parts worth listening to, whether it be an unforgettable riff, a soaring face-melter, or one of the anthem chorus'.
No more excuses, a band with a line-up of this calibre has no excuse to release anything but top notch metal, so let's just sum it up in two words; Witchkrieg delivers!
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 9 |
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You are right about one thing Doc, this album is a "grower". I still spin this time and again and am amazed how the album has grown on me. At first though, I felt abit disappointed...mainly coz I felt the album provided so much but the delivery was abit incoherent.
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I need some Thrash this days, maybe because I haven't searched very well on the last months, but I can't find a Thrash metal album able to satisfy my hunger  Some great guest musicians, I should give this a try.
---- "Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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The girl at work metaphor was great. Good to know that I'm not the only one who has had these experiences. xD
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Posts: 887 Written by Daggon on 29.07.2010 at 04:58 If u haven't yet, try these; Convicted(Gr) - Convicted Abuser - Threats Of Fate Angelus Apatrida - Clockwork Altars Of Destruction - Gallery Of Pain Violator - Annihilation Process EP Warbeast(US) - Krush The Enemy
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Posts: 4774 Written by BudDa on 03.08.2010 at 10:13 Oh yeah, I tried Angelus Apatrida. They are really good, but a bit too Death Angel rip-off Anyway, I really like this album. Thank you for recommending ^ ^
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Posts: 1689 Written by BudDa on 03.08.2010 at 10:13 Oh thanks, I've been quite busy and quite lazy this last months, and didn't pay attention to most albums that have been released this year, specially the Thrash metal albums. I'll take this ones into account, thanks  And back to Witchery, I have listened the album enough to say that my favorite tracks are "Witchkrieg", "The Reaver" (shit, Gary Holt and Lee Altus are all over this song! I love it ) and "Wearer Of Wolf's Skin", the rest aren't bad, but aren't as good as this ones.
---- "Les vers savent qu'ils n'ont pas d'ailes, c'est pour cela qu'ils se cachent sous terre"
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