Burning Witch
Burning Witch was an American doom metal band. The only existing from 1995 to 1998 band developed after its dissolution cult status and is now regarded as a precursor of Drone Doom.
Band History
Burning Witch was founded in 1995 by Stephen O'Malley, Greg Anderson and Jamie Sykes after the dissolution of the band Thorr 's Hammer. Greg Anderson left the band again relatively quickly in order to then play with Goatsnake.
In 1996, the band for the first time, produced by Steve Albini, an EP, but the recordings were released in 1998 after the dissolution of the band as Towers .... Before 1997, the EP Rift.Canyon.Dreams, the only publication appeared during its existence.
Burning Witch broke up in 1997 due to their lack of awareness and other projects of the members, also drew Stephen O'Malley to England. Shortly after the band had dissolved, the compilation Crippled Lucifer, the only album the band released. In autumn 1998, Burning Witch played again some final live shows.
The band became known only after their resolution, while she insisted she got almost no attention and did a few live performances. O'Malley formed along with Anderson, the band Sunn O))), Dahlquist followed Anderson to Goatsnake. Meanwhile, O'Malley is in different projects active, Edgy 59 founded the project Sinisstar and operates together with the project Dahlquist The Poisoned Glass.
Reception
Allmusic writes the band to cult status because they are " darker than Doom Metal, Sludge scarier than the most remote corners of negativity and depression" explore.
The Encyclopedia of heavy metal music is called Burning Witch " one of the key bands of the new Metal of the eighties [ sic] that a serious approach of metal as an art form with dark and satanic lyrics and new and innovative styles of drone - based music (similar to the early Velvet Underground or the experiments of Indian influenced composer Lamonte Young) combined, " Garry Sharpe -Young speaks of it as " suicide - Doom ".
Discography
- Rift.Canyon.Dreams 12 "EP ( Merciless Records 1997)
- Crippled Lucifer (Seven Psalms for Our Lord of Light ) CD (Southern Lord Records 1998)
- Goatsnake / Burning Witch (split with Goatsnake, Hydra Head Records 2000)
- 12 " Split with Asva ( Dos Fatales Records 2004).
- Crippled Lucifer ( Ten Psalms for Our Lord of Light) 2xCD ( also published in a numbered edition of 2000 pieces. These contained a "Drop Card " which is a available as a download only version of the unreleased demos from 1996 and a live performance, the only known recording of Anderson with the band is contained. ) (Southern Lord Records 2008)