Angel Witch - Angel Witch
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Artist: Angel WitchEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2009-05-05
Music Label: Fontana Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Angel Witch
- Atlantis
- White Witch
- Confused
- Sorcerers
- Gordon
- Sweet Danger
- Freeman
- Angel Of Death
- DevilĀ?S Tower
- Loser (Single A-Side) (Bonus Track)
- Suffer (Single B-Side) (Bonus Track)
- Dr. Phibes (Single B-Side) (Bonus Track)
- Flight Nineteen (Single B-Side) (Bonus Track)
- Baphomet (Metal For Muthas) (Bonus Track)
- Hades Paradise (Single B-Side) (Bonus Track)
- Sweet Danger (Bbc Friday Rock Show Session) (Bonus Track)
- Angel Of Death (Bbc Friday Rock Show Session) (Bonus Track)
- Extermination Day (Bbc Friday Rock Show Session) (Bonus Track)
- Angel Witch (Bbc Friday Rock Show Session) (Bonus Track)
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Music Review: One of the Best Metal Albums of All Time
Rating: 5 Stars
Actually, this is one of the best albums of all time in ANY genre. Where do I even begin...
Angel Witch... this is the British metal band's 1980 debut, with the original lineup up of three - Kevin Heybourne on guitar and vocals, Kevin Riddles on bass, and Dave Hogg on drums. However, this lineup wouldn't last long, and Kevin Heybourne, the leader as well as the true HEART and SOUL of Angel Witch, went through a great struggle to keep his band from disintigrating as the 1980s progressed. He managed to find replacements as needed (his bandmates kept bailing) and a couple more Angel Witch albums were released in the 80s. They were excellent as well, but the greatest treasure is this debut.
These songs are EVIL to the CORE. They are irrisistably ominous and menacing, and there is a tremendous amount of passion in them. A big factor here is Kevin Heybourne's singing, which matches this type of music PERFECTLY. His voice conveys astonishing despair, agony, and doom. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to this album. And he also plays guitar here! How he managed to play the intricate metal guitar lines he does AND sing at the same time when they played live back in the day is beyond me, but I DO know that it takes a massive amount of talent to do that. Heybourne's riffs and solos are laced with just as much creativity and style as his singing. His solos just PULSATE with feeling, and feed directly off of the creepy, evil atmospheres that ths band is so gifted at creating. Speaking of atmospheres...
Angel Witch creates INCREDIBLE atmospheres in their music. Every song on here is utterly HAUNTING, and in each's own unique way at that. Sometimes there will be subtle synths in the background, or an organ, but it's never overpowering. The surging guitar is always in control here, as it should be in metal. You can hear great examples of these keyboard touches near the end of the title track, as well as in "Sorcerers." Another subtle touch is the way Heybourne uses guitar effects. He'll sometimes use clean (rather than distorted) intros with atmospheric echo effects to lead into a heavier section, like in "Gorgon," and "Devil's Tower." In "Free Man," a slower track, and in the beginning of "Sorcerers," he uses what sounds like a flanger with the clean sound. "Devil's Tower" also has a nice chorus effect in it, which, together with the echo, makes you feel like you've been transported to some distant mystical world. "Devil's Tower" is the last track on here. It's an incredible and dynamic instrumental song that switches from 4/4 time to 7/4 in the middle and culminates in another eruptive solo from Heybourne. I feel that "Gorgon" is another standout track here, and it happens to also have a time change - from 3/4 in the subtle but ominous, clean-toned beginning to 4/4 as the song suddenly bludgeons the listener with chaotic, snarling distorted guitar.
A great bonus is that this album has now been released as a 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition with what amounts to almost an entire additional album's worth of rare Angel Witch songs that are just as good as the original ten tracks of the album! In fact, songs like "Loser," "Suffer" (which has a really cool shuffle feel), and the instrumental "Dr. Phibes" are arguably some of the best tracks of all on this CD! Those three songs in particular have everything I described above, but are even MORE potent! This album also includes fantastic liner notes that detail Angel Witch's journey in their early days.
Well, I think that just about covers it. The reason I wrote this long review is that I feel there is something truly unique and special about this band, ESPECIALLY on this album. I've listened to a lot of great metal, but there is something different about this Angel Witch debut. It creates downright magical atmospheres, and is filled to the brim with intensely passionate singing and musicianship. If only things had worked out better for Kevin and his band... they could have been as big as Iron Maiden. At least we still have this brilliant debut which I will unflinchingly call one of the best metal albums of all time.
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