BURNING WITCHES Release Fourth Studio Album ‘The Witch Of The North’
May 28th, 2021
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Brugg, Switzerland-based heavy metal band Burning Witches issued fourth full-length studio album The Witch Of The North on May 28th, 2021 through Nuclear Blast Records.
The Witch Of The North was produced by Destruction mainman Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer, while mixing and mastering duties fell to V.O. Pulver at Little Creek Studio in Ormalingen, Switzerland.
The cover artwork was created by Chilean artist Claudio Bergamín, who stated: “The one and only Schmier from Destruction, reached out to me to ask if I’d be interested in doing the new Burning Witches album cover. Needless to say I was delighted to jump on board. The band had a very unique concept so it took me a couple of weeks to come up with an idea I was happy with. They wanted a classic looking illustration; pretty much in the vibe of Ken Kelly and Frank Frazetta.
“The Forest Witch was inspired by The Ents from ‘Lord Of The Rings’ and Botticelli’s ‘Birth Of Venus’. The girls’ depictions were done in pure comic book-style, and working on their faces to make them look as close as possible to the real people was a lot of fun. I wish more bands would ask me for that!”
The track listing is as follows:
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01. ‘Winter’s Wrath’
02. ‘The Witch Of The North’
03. ‘Tainted Ritual’
04. ‘We Stand As One’
05. ‘Flight Of The Valkyries’
06. ‘The Circle Of Five’
07. ‘Lady Of The Woods’
08. ‘Thrall’
09. ‘Omen’
10. ‘Nine Worlds’
11. ‘For Eternity’
12. ‘Dragon’s Dream’
13. ‘Eternal Frost’
14. ‘Hall Of The Mountain King’ (Savatage cover) *
* bonus track
Burning Witches’ line-up is as follows:
Laura Guldemond (vocals, Shadowrise)
Romana Kalkuhl (guitar, Atlas & Axis)
Larissa Ernst (guitar, ex-Gonoreas)
Jeanine Grob (bass)
Lala Frischknecht (drums)
Music videos were released for the title track and the songs ‘Flight Of The Valkyries’ and ‘We Stand As One’. All three clips can be viewed below.
Third studio record Dance With The Devil was released in March 2020 via Nuclear Blast.
Promotional photograph by Kevin Grab.
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