{"id":99489,"date":"2023-04-15T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=99489"},"modified":"2023-04-21T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:47:37","slug":"album-review-harsh-death-curse-of-the-witches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-harsh-death-curse-of-the-witches\/","title":{"rendered":"HARSH DEATH – Curse Of The Witches (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HARSH DEATH
Curse Of The Witches<\/strong><\/span>
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\nF.U.K. Productions (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I certainly did not see this one coming! Curse Of The Witches<\/em> is the incredible debut full-length album from Italian doom metal act Harsh Death, a wondrously delightful and haunting slab of Gothic creepiness awash with maniacal vocal diversity alongside its more characteristic commands.<\/p>\n

The opening song \u2018Orion Wars\u2019 is a gem of a track. In fact it\u2019s a mesmeric slice of horror metal dripping with haunting vocals, lumbering with ancient riffs and squirming with bluesy riffs. It\u2019s killer dooooom, as simple as that. \u2018Macabre Rooms\u2019 is a tad more up-tempo and more underground in its feel and the vocal warbles of AnnieCee, but the vibe in general is one that bridges the gap between a snarling garage rock, a punk attitude and traditional doom aesthetics. However, \u2018Hide In Hell\u2019 has a gleaming starkness to its spine, existing in fact like some cold, rainy black metal drone injected with a slick solo from Giovanna Garbi.<\/p>\n

For 36 minutes one cannot help become riveted by this slightly oddball journey into the psyche of this interesting band. The pitch black traipse of \u2018Pretty Kill\u2019 is downright sinister yet almost conflicted by the lighter, higher pitched vocal tones, while the cover rendition of Grim Reaper\u2019s \u2018See You In Hell\u2019 is also admirable.<\/p>\n

Harsh Death is a very interesting brood that comes highly recommended to anyone who likes slightly unorthodox doom.<\/p>\n

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

HARSH DEATHCurse Of The Witches F.U.K. Productions (2023)Rating: 8\/10 I certainly did not see this one coming! Curse Of The Witches is the incredible debut full-length album from Italian doom metal act Harsh Death, a wondrously delightful and haunting slab of Gothic creepiness awash with maniacal vocal diversity alongside its more characteristic commands. The opening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-harsh-death"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99489","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=99489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99492,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99489\/revisions\/99492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}