Witchery - Dont Fear The Reaper (Promo 2006) - Metal

Witchery - Dont fear the Reaper

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Label: Century Media

Grabber: EAC

Style: Metal

Encoder: LAME

Rdate: 01-05-2006

Quality: VBRkbps/44,1kHz

Street: 02-27-2006

Songs: 13



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Release Notes:



WITCHERY?s spell was cast upon our earthly existence when

four members splintered off Satanic Slaughter in 1997:

Jensen (later with The Haunted), Richard Corpse, Toxine and

Mique. ?We had such a great time together that we decided to

continue under another name?, recalls Jensen (guitars).

Before recording their debut-album ?Restless And Dead?,

Jensen met Sharlee D'Angelo (also of Arch Enemy and Mercyful

Fate fame, among others) and got him on board for the unholy

alliance. The album was released by Necropolis Records in

1998 and was very well received, so WITCHERY recorded the

"Witchburner" mini-album later during the same year. Apart

from two originals, the EP featured four cover songs by

Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, WASP and Accept that bore

witness to where the individual musicians drew their

influences from. Not too long after its release, WITCHERY

did their first US tour together with Borknagar and Emperor

in July of 1999 and didn?t take much time to rest. Their

second full-length album ?Dead, Hot And Ready? was unleashed

soon thereafter and was followed by a six week European tour

with Moonspell and Kreator in January and February 2000.

After concentrating on duties with their other bands,

WITCHERY got back together to record "Symphony For The

Devil? at Berno Studio, Malmö, Sweden in 2001, with the

album being released in Europe by Music For Nations and in

the US by Necropolis. It was the first recording with their

current drummer Martin Axenrot (also in Bloodbath, and on

tour with Opeth) who joined the circle of black magic after

Mique had left the band. Later during the same year WITCHERY

did a US tour along with The Haunted before falling into

hibernation for some time. Their new album and debut on

Century Media Records, ?Don?t Fear The Reaper?, was again

recorded at Berno Studios, but mixed by Tue Madsen at his

Antfarm Studios (The Haunted, Heaven Shall Burn, Mnemic...).

It showcases not only a cover-version of the Satanic

Slaughter classic ?Immortal Death?, but also WITCHERY?s feel

for catchy and precise metal tunes. Something has come back

from the dead...

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