{"id":105222,"date":"2025-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=105222"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:31:50","slug":"album-review-atomic-witch-death-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-atomic-witch-death-etiquette\/","title":{"rendered":"ATOMIC WITCH – Death Etiquette (2025) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATOMIC WITCH
\nDeath Etiquette<\/strong><\/span>
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\nRedefining Darkness (2025)<\/span>
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cleveland, Ohio-based thrashers Atomic Witch return for another adventure into the world of aggression. Three years after debut full-length Crypt Of Sleepless Malice<\/em><\/a>, the combo strikes hard with 27 minutes of metal that tears your face off. The vocals alone will melt your face, a mix of seething rasps and higher screeches which scratch violently at the retinas.<\/p>\n

Atomic Witch remains surprisingly refreshing considering there\u2019s nothing going on here that\u2019s original, but for me it\u2019s always been about having the correct ingredients. There\u2019s some scintillating speed throughout this album, with scathing and scything thrash from the off with \u2018Morgue Rat\u2019 which bleeds frantically into \u2018Of Flesh And Chrome\u2019.<\/p>\n

There are some precisely executed melodies within the storm of raging vocals and the blitzkrieg of axe work. It\u2019s easy to miss some of the fine angles of this album simply because it is such a volatile piece. Lock in to the likes of \u2018Skelecidal\u2019 and you\u2019ll be faced with endless tornadoes, but once you\u2019ve become accustomed to the hostility of construction you will also discover a few refreshing intricacies and slower chugs to chew on.<\/p>\n

The twists around the chorus of \u2018Sabbath Breaker\u2019 and the blackened intro of \u2018Dream Rot\u2019 exhibit the varied tactics which Atomic Witch employ to throw you off the scent. The same goes for the subtlety jarring escapades of closer \u2018Vicious Mistress\u2019 and sections of \u2018Worms And Dirt\u2019 where the song is exceptional.<\/p>\n

Death Etiquette<\/em> is a record that\u2019s difficult to fault simply because it\u2019s a smash and grab affair, leaving your soul ransacked and your ear canals in tatters.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ATOMIC WITCH Death Etiquette Redefining Darkness (2025) Rating: 7.5\/10 Cleveland, Ohio-based thrashers Atomic Witch return for another adventure into the world of aggression. Three years after debut full-length Crypt Of Sleepless Malice, the combo strikes hard with 27 minutes of metal that tears your face off. The vocals alone will melt your face, a mix […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-atomic-witch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105224,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105222\/revisions\/105224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}