BEWITCHER Invite You To Their Circle Of “Dystopic Demonolatry”, Taken From “Spell Shock”
All the best tunes belong to the Devil, and Portland’s bastard triptych BEWITCHER has returned to take back rock n’ roll in Baphomet’s name. “Spell Shock”, the speed demons’ latest, raises BEWITCHER’s horns and pushes their extremes straight into the fiery red.
Today the code is magenta when BEWITCHER invite you to join their unholy circle for “Dystopic Demonolatry (Official Video)“: https://youtu.be/NKWqsZCIsls
“Any of you fuckers spent your Friday nights taping heavy metal videos to VHS off the ‘Ball or Loud?! Well, we sure as shit did! Join us as we dive into the late 80’s and early 90’s where metal music was relegated to late night cable TV. Like a lost cable-access performance, ‘Dystopic Demonolatry’ is raucous, raw, and ripping from beginning to end! We hope you dig it.” – A. Magus
The gates to pre-order “Spell Shock” are open with the official release on September 27th, 2024:
- Gatefold Black L
- Ltd. Gatefold Lilac LP (300x) available through cmdistro.de and various other retailer
- Ltd. Gatefold Translucent Orange Crush LP (US version, 300x) Band Exclusive*
- Standard Jewelcase CD
- Digital Album
Click here: https://bewitcher.lnk.to/SpellShock
Joining frontman Mateo Von Bewitcher, bassist A. Magus, and drummer A. Hunter in the studio this time was none other longtime BEWITCHER fan Lars Frederiksen. Most of the world knows Frederiksen as a force in his own right, playing in the likes of Bay Area punk heroes Rancid, The Old Firm Casuals and his own Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards. While to some, it may have been an unlikely pairing with Frederiksen taking the producer’s seat, for everyone in the studio the connection was immediate. Says Frederiksen on “Spell Shock”: “The best record I’ve ever produced.”
From its electric artwork by Italian graphic artist SoloMacello, to songs like “Dystopic Demonolatry” and the haunting “We Die in Dust”, to the epic closer “Ride of the Iron Fox” (“That’s BEWITCHER’s Dokken song!” laughs A. Hunter) “Spell Shock” is BEWITCHER at their most evolved and most devastatingly primal. “We wanted it to be an album experience,” says drummer A. Hunter. “Imagine King Diamond’s Abigail in terms of atmosphere merged with the energy of AC/DC’s High Voltage.”
2024 has seen the band blast through Europe, Mexico and the US with Portland Black Metal practitioners UADA, and Century Media labelmates Upon Stone for a string of dates that included the legendary Milwaukee Metal Fest. Come September, and coinciding with the release of “Spell Shock”, BEWITCHER will embark on a co-headline North American tour with labelmates SKELETAL REMAINS, featuring a rotating package of some of the underground’s most extreme bands: Phobophilic, Torture Rack, Witch Vomit, and Morgul Blade!
9/19 Atascadero, CA – Dark Nectar **Bewitcher only / Tour Warmup
FRAGMENTING NORTH AMERICA:
9/20 Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge
9/21 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
9/22 Mesa, AZ – Nile Underground
9/24 San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box
9/25 Dallas, TX – RBC
9/26 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
9/27 New Orleans, LA – Southport Hall
9/28 Orlando, FL – Conduit
9/29 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Purgatory)
10/1 Raleigh, NC – Chapel of Bones
10/2 Philadelphia, PA – KFN
10/3 Brooklyn, NY – Market Hotel
10/4 Worcester, MA – Ralphs
10/5 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving
10/6 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
10/8 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
10/9 Ottawa, ON – The Dom
10/10 Toronto, ON – Rockpile
10/11 Albany, NY – Empire Underground
10/12 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
10/13 Cincinnati, OH – Madison Live
10/14 Des Moines, IA – Lefty’s
10/15 Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
10/16 Denver, CO – HQ
10/17 Salt Lake City, UT – Aces High Saloon
10/18 Boise, ID – The Shredder
10/19 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
10/20 Portland, OR – Dantes
And:
11/8-9/24 (SE) Umea – House of Metal Festival
BEWITCHER recently unveiled:
“Starfire Maelstrom (Lyric Video)”: https://youtu.be/wkZxzYXWYYo
“Out Against The Law (Official Video)”: https://youtu.be/s6Ae8JIzyzE
Line-Up (left to right in photo below):
A. Hunter – drums & percussion
Mateo Von Bewitcher – vox & guitars
A. Magus – bass guitar & backing vox
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