King Witch
| King Witch | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Edinburgh , Scotland |
| Genre (s) | Doom metal , rock |
| founding | 2015 |
| Current occupation | |
| Jamie Gilchrist | |
| Laura Donnelly | |
| Lyle Brown | |
| Rory Lee | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Simon Anger |
Drums |
Tam Dickson |
Electric bass |
Joe Turner |
King Witch is a Scottish doom metal and rock band from Edinburgh that was formed in 2015.
history
The band was founded in early 2015. It arose spontaneously in the course of several jam sessions , whereby the name was also chosen spontaneously. After a first EP under the name Shoulders of Giants in the same year, they went on a tour of Great Britain and Ireland and performed at European festivals such as the Sweden Rock Festival , the Muscle Rock and the Malta Doom Festival . In late 2017, the group signed a record deal with Listenable Records , which resulted in their debut album Under the Mountain being released in February 2018 .
style
According to Ronny Bittner from Rock Hard , the band plays on Shoulders of Giants " Doom with a progressive touch, which sometimes exudes 70s classic rock flair". Laura Donnelly's vocals have a haunting character in the three varied songs, while the instruments evoke memories of Black Sabbath , Candlemass and Mastodon . In a later issue, Thomas Kupfer reviewed Under the Mountain and classified the band stylistically between "Doom, Proto Metal and Psychedelic Rock ". If the riffs at the beginning of the album were reminiscent of Metallica's Enter Sandman , later on you turn to groups like Saint Vitus , the early Trouble , Candlemass, Mastodon and Black Sabbath. The group mostly manages to fuse these influences into an "independent and organic sound" so that the album is suitable for fans of Doom Metal and rock music of the 1970s. One issue later, however, Andreas Schiffmann described the group's music as a playful sludge . Schiffmann noted a proximity to Mastodon; In an interview with him, Donnelly stated that although the members were fans of this group, they never consciously tried to sound like them. Marc Halupczok from Metal Hammer also reviewed Under the Mountain . Their epic Doom Metal lives here - not dissimilar to Black Sabbath and Candlemass - "not from the continuous slow-motion pace". Instead, the songs lived on "heavy" riffs and atmosphere. Occasionally they are kept complex, with variable vocals being used in them. Sometimes Donnelly, like Elin Larsson from Blues Pills , exudes a bit of a “ retro feeling”, specifically reminiscent of the 1970s.
Discography
- 2015: Shoulders of Giants (EP, self-published)
- 2018: Under the Mountain (Album, Listenable Records )
Web links
- King Witch at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Info. Facebook , accessed March 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Andreas Schiffmann: King Witch . Mountain blues. In: Rock Hard . No. 371 , April 2018, p. 70 .
- ↑ King Witch - Shoulders Of Giants EP. Discogs , accessed March 1, 2019 .
- ^ Ronny Bittner: King Witch . Shoulders of Giants. In: Rock Hard . No. 346 , March 2016.
- ↑ Thomas Kupfer: King Witch . Under the mountain. In: Rock Hard . No. 370 , March 2018, p. 88 f .
- ^ Marc Halupczok: King Witch . Under the mountain. In: Metal Hammer . March 2018, p. 94 .