DREAD WITCH - Tower of the Severed Serpent
€7.50
DREAD WITCH - Tower of the Severed Serpent
€7.50
Like a funeral for a pagan deity, the debut album from Denmark’s Dread Witch marches forth in an achingly slow procession of doom laden riffs, as heavy as they are melancholic. Borrowing elements from sludge, the occultist bacchanalia of Electric Wizard, the aggressive revelry of post hardcore, the abrasive esoterica of Yob, and a small dose of death metal gravitas, “Tower of the Severed Serpent” is a diverse exploration in the topography of contemporary doom metal, unfurling itself in painfully incremental developments, anchored by proudly depressed tempos. Vocals veer from clean chants of ghostly ritualism to the aggressive immediacy of distorted punk barks, imbuing the surrounding panorama with a latent urgency, whilst drums stitch together the burden of droning chords with waves of crashing crescendos, pacing the music between intensity and considered rumination. The debut album from Dread Witch offers a considerable benchmark for doom metal at the midpoint of 2023, pushing at the expressive boundaries of the genre whilst remaining true to its accepted forms! Now available physically on pro-tape in a limited run of 113 hand-numbered copies only! This crushing work will not disappoint true fans of doom as well as doom/sludge metal! Be sure to grab a copy of this massive sounding doom album and blow your speakers with its dark, atmospheric and heavy music!!
