Today, our favorite coven BURNING WITCHES is proud to finally unveil its brand new album, “The Witch Of The North“, in its full glory. Over 50 minutes of all killer no filler heavy metal worship, a colourful hommage to the genre’s heyday in the glorious 80s, but with a crisp and punchy production that unmistakeably roots it in 2021! Scroll down to read selected press quotes praising the album.
Buy / Listen to the album “The Witch Of The North” here: http://nblast.de/BW-WitchOfTheNorth
In case you missed the music video for the title track – here’s another chance to watch it:
“The Witch Of The North” (Official Video): https://youtu.be/-ij-ECgDdBg
In celebration of their new album, BURNING WITCHES will stream a release show online today, accessible world-wide and for free!
BURNING WITCHES
THE WITCH OF THE NORTH – Free Release Show Live Stream
Friday, May 28th, 2021
20.00h CET – 7.00pm GMT – 2.00pm US Eastern – 11am US Pacific
ACCESS THE STREAM AT: https://burningwitches.live4you.net/
BURNING WITCHES
THE WITCH OF THE NORTH
Release Date: May 28, 2021
01. Winter’s Wrath
02. The Witch Of The North
03. Tainted Ritual
04. We Stand As One
05. Flight Of The Valkyries
06. The Circle Of Five
07. Lady Of The Woods
08. Thrall
09. Omen
10. Nine Worlds
11. For Eternity
12. Dragon’s Dream
13. Eternal Frost
14. Hall Of The Mountain King (Bonus)
Selected praise for “The Witch Of The North“:
“Thumbs up for the best album in the band’s career so far!” – ROCK HARD (DE)
“The ladies have used the isolation wisely and hit us with their best album to date.”
– METAL HAMMER (DE)
“Really, every cut, even the short instrumental and transitional pieces, is excellent! Hopefully this line-up will remain intact for a good while because Burning Witches have never sounded so good!” – POWERPLAY (UK)
“If anything this album is the band’s strongest set of tunes thus far – powerful denim ‘n leather anthems, fist.in-the-air choruses, that sort of thing!” – ZERO TOLERANCE (UK)
“‘The Witch Of The North’ sounds powerful and fresh” – METAL.DE (DE)
“‘The Witch Of The North’ captures a band that has matured, knows its goals and realizes them no matter what. If you dug ‘old’ Burning Witches you will love this.”
– METALINSIDE.CH (CH)
“If you’re into Heavy Metal, you should not turn ‘The Witch of the North’ down.”
– STORMBRINGER.AT (AT)
“A prize winning creation.” – BRAVEWORDS (CAN)
“It’s fantastic to hear how much this young band has grown and how effortless they’re able to integrate a completely different style into their very own sound.“
– ARROW LORDS OF METAL (NL)
“‘The Witch Of The North’, to me, is one of the best metal albums I have heard in a while.”
– HEADBANGERS LIFESTYLE (NL)
BUY THE ALBUM HERE:
http://nblast.de/BW-WitchOfTheNorth (several limited formats – be quick!)
Few bands in recent memory have established themselves as quickly as BURNING WITCHES, and few are able to write such timeless, grand tunes with somnambulistic ease; carrying Judas Priest in their hearts without becoming overly nostalgic, whilst rapidly developing their own unique voice. “We’re not really into bigger experiments,” confesses guitarist and main songwriter Romana. “We’re all burning for classic metal like Maiden, Priest and Slayer. For me nothing’s better than this kind of music, so Burning Witches will always stay true to themselves.“
Now, the Witches opened a particularly gripping page in their grimoire: an album forged in the fires of a pandemic, created with patience, finesse and pitch-black lifeblood during a time in which even the Swiss/Dutch coven had to retreat into the isolation and quietness of the dark woods. Right there they hatched new spells and new ways of weaving their potent magic into the world. For Freya, for the druidesses, for the witches as past, present and future.
Several recording sessions with Swiss metal legend V.O. Pulver and their producer, thrash titan Schmier (Destruction), at the end of 2020, enabled this foremost incarnation of the band to take their explosive heavy metal to new heights. With “Circle Of Five,” “We Stand As One” or the title track there’s an ample amount of rousing, blistering hymns; but for BURNING WITCHES – and you can call that old fashioned if you like – it’s the album that counts, from its intro up to the concluding cover song.
Speaking of cover songs: after “Holy Diver” and “Battle Hymn” this time sees “Hall Of The Mountain King” by the mighty Savatage – including guest solos by Chris Caffery – what a choice, what a rendition!
“The Witch Of The North” sounds unleashed and completely rounded. We’re looking at five pure musicians that have sought and finally found each other.
This coven can’t be stopped by prejudice, nor by stakes, nor diatribes. The era of the Witches has begun. And anyone who won’t join this black magic circle will bitterly regret it for all eternity.
| BURNING WITCHES live as Special Guests on PRIMAL FEAR‘s upcoming METAL COMMANDO OVER EUROPE tour: 2021 14.09.21 D-Aschaffenburg /ColosSaal 15.09.21 D-Berlin / Hole 44 16.09.21 D-Nürnberg / Hirsch 17.09.21 D-Leipzig / Hellraiser 18.09.21 CZ-Zlin / Masters Of Rock Cafe 20.09.21 CZ-Prague / Meet Factory 22.09.21 BUL-Sofia / Music Jam Club 24.09.21 SK-Zvolen / DK ZSR Culture House 25.09.21 SK-Bartislava / Majestic Music Club 26.09.21 AUT-Salzburg / Rockhouse 27.09.21 HU-Budapest /Barba Negra 2022 12.01.22 D-Muenchen / Backstage 13.01.22 D-Regensburg / Eventhalle Airport 14.01.22 D-Stuttgart / LKA 15.01.22 D.-Memmingen / Kaminwerk 16.01.22 D-Koeln / Essigfabrik 18.01.22 D-Bochum / Zeche 19.01.22 D-Hamburg / Markthalle 20.01.22 NED-Amstelveen / P60 21.01.22 B-Vosselaar / Biebob 22.01.22 D-Fulda / Kreuz 23.01.22 D-Saarbruecken /Garage 25.01.22 F-Paris / La Machine du Molin Rouge 28.01.22 ITA-Bergamo / Druso 29.01.22 CH-Sion / Le Port Franc 30.01.22 CH-Pratteln / Z 7 01.02.22 F-Lyon / CCO 03.02.22 ES-Pamplona / Totem 04.02.22 ES-Madrid / Shoko 05.02.22 ES-Murcia / Gamma 06.02.22 ES-Barcelona / Salamandra |