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Album Review: Witchery ‘Witchkrieg’

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If you’re at all into Swedish metal, the line-up of Witchery has someone you’ve listened to before. Patrik Jensen from The Haunted? Martin Axenrot from Opeth and Bloodbath? Sharlee D’Angelo from Arch Enemy and Spiritual Beggars? Man, it’s an all-star cast! So with all this talent, the 5th studio album, ‘Witchkrieg’, should be something totally badass and incredible, right? Well, you’ll have to read after the jump to find out.

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The album starts off with the title track, ‘Witchkrieg’. It’s thrash metal to the core that also has the air of being an arena rocker. The energy is high, the solo fast and frantic and the drumming tight and aggressive. The production is tight with some clever little effects thrown in to add some spice. It’s a fitting opener that lays the groundwork of what’s to come.
The production of ‘Witchkrieg’ is overall very solid. The drums are tight and focused, the bass provides a pleasant low end that does not create any muddiness, and the vocals can be deciphered with relative ease, although the volume difference between the deep, guttural growls and the higher pitched snarls is definitely off with the growls winning. Also, the guitars, as articulate as they are have a bit too much fizz to them for my taste: I would’ve preferred something a bit more thick for this type of album. However, considering that with this album I can easily see Witchery be a direct opener for Slayer, perhaps it’s the right sound.
‘From Dead To Worse’ stood out to me as a track that a crowd would have a great deal of fun singing along with. With a chorus of ‘Dead! Dead! Dead! Dead to worse! There are things worse than death/Far more worse than death!’ sung in a very staccato and rhythmic pattern, I can easily see a sea of hands pumping the air in time. Also, ‘Devil Rides Out’ has a very White Zombie feel to it. 
Overall, ‘Witchkrieg’ is an album that took some time to grow on me. At first listen, the energy of the songs never seemed to go past 7. However, with each consecutive listen, I get more and more where the band is coming from and I appreciate the album better each time. 
4 out of 5 skulls
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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