Description
Label Review.
2020 album. Nuclear Blast. Also available on vinyl.
Our Overview.
Swiftly reaching album number three are the Swiss quintet Burning Witches, an all-female band feverishly committed to the true, real, galloping thunder of traditional heavy metal. They are an inseparable unit, an alliance whose all-weekly Thursday rehearsal is their innermost sanctum. Their holiest rite that they simply never miss, with their rehearsal space being their cathedral.
“I simply wanted to have a band of close friends. Of people you can tell absolutely anything and you just want to spend as much time with as possible”, guitarist and founding member Romana Kalkuhl states. It wasn’t long before people began to notice this remarkable Swiss force: Their eponymous demo quickly gained accolades such as “Demo of the month” in major metal magazines like Metal Hammer and Rock Hard, and not long after their self-released debut they came to the attention of Nuclear Blast where they signed, without hesitation, and in 2018 released “Hexenhammer”, one of the strongest heavy metal albums of the 21st century.
Still, resting on their laurels never was their thing, really. “We always have the urge to go on. To be on the move. We don’t just want to look back and feed upon what we already achieved. We’re hungry for more, for every new day. We want to find out how far we can take it.” And after one listen to ‘Dance with the Devil’ we can safely assume: Far. Very, very far. Their third record is embodies the momentum of its predecessor and their countless live shows, propelling their sound onto a whole new level. The opening force of “Lucid Nightmare” is accelerates at breakneck speed, riff bombardment and double-bass fire; “Dance with the Devil” is a massively steel-plated stomper with bewitching melodies; the first single “Wings of Steel” sounds as massive as its name; “Black Magic” could have been written by Jefferson Airplane and the viciously thundering “Sea of Lies” simply is one of the best heavy metal songs 2020 will have to offer.
Track Listing: The Incantation / Lucid Nightmare / Dance With The Devil / Wings Of Steel / Six Feet Underground / Black Magic / Sea Of Lies / The Sisters Of Fate / Necronomicon / The Final Flight / Threefold Return / Battle Hymn (feat Ross The Boss & Michael Lepond).