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CRYSTAL VIPER Release Sixth Studio Album ‘Queen Of The Witches’
February 17th, 2017

Polish heavy metal band Crystal Viper issued sixth full-length studio album Queen Of The Witches on February 17th, 2017 through AFM Records.

Queen Of The Witches was made available as a limited edition 12-inch vinyl LP, CD and digital download.

The first single ‘The Witch Is Back’ was released as a digital download on December 9th, 2016.

A concept affair, Queen Of The Witches features guest contributions from Mantas (guitar, ex-Venom / M-Pire Of Evil), Ross The Boss (guitar, ex-Manowar / Death Dealer) and Steve Bettney (vocals, Saracen).

The outing was produced by Bart Gabriel, and engineered and mixed by Mariusz Pietka.

Cover artwork duties fell to German artist Andreas Marschall.

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘The Witch Is Back’
02. ‘I Fear No Evil’
03. ‘When The Sun Goes Down’
04. ‘Trapped Behind’
05. ‘Do Or Die’ (feat. Ross The Boss)
06. ‘Burn My Fire Burn’
07. ‘Flames And Blood’
08. ‘We Will Make It Last Forever’
09. ‘Rise Of The Witch Queen’
10. ‘See You In Hell’ (Grim Reaper cover; CD bonus track)
11. ‘Long Live The Loud’ (Exciter cover; vinyl LP bonus track)

Crystal Viper’s line-up was as follows;

Marta Gabriel (vocals and guitar)
Andy Wave (guitar)
Błażej Grygiel (bass)
Tomasz “Golem” Danczak (drums)

Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘The Witch Is Back’ and ‘When The Sun Goes Down’. Both clips can be viewed below.

Fifth studio record Possession was released in December 2013.

Promotional photograph by Black Mausoleum Arts.