Witchery - Dont Fear The Reaper (Promo 2006) - Metal torrent

Witchery - Dont fear the Reaper
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Label: Century Media
Grabber: EAC
Style: Metal
Encoder: LAME
Rdate: 01-05-2006
Quality: VBRkbps/44,1kHz
Street: 02-27-2006
Songs: 13

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Release Notes:

WITCHERY?s spell was cast upon our earthly existence when
four members splintered off Satanic Slaughter in 1997:
Jensen (later with The Haunted), Richard Corpse, Toxine and
Mique. ?We had such a great time together that we decided to
continue under another name?, recalls Jensen (guitars).
Before recording their debut-album ?Restless And Dead?,
Jensen met Sharlee D'Angelo (also of Arch Enemy and Mercyful
Fate fame, among others) and got him on board for the unholy
alliance. The album was released by Necropolis Records in
1998 and was very well received, so WITCHERY recorded the
"Witchburner" mini-album later during the same year. Apart
from two originals, the EP featured four cover songs by
Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, WASP and Accept that bore
witness to where the individual musicians drew their
influences from. Not too long after its release, WITCHERY
did their first US tour together with Borknagar and Emperor
in July of 1999 and didn?t take much time to rest. Their
second full-length album ?Dead, Hot And Ready? was unleashed
soon thereafter and was followed by a six week European tour
with Moonspell and Kreator in January and February 2000.
After concentrating on duties with their other bands,
WITCHERY got back together to record "Symphony For The
Devil? at Berno Studio, Malmö, Sweden in 2001, with the
album being released in Europe by Music For Nations and in
the US by Necropolis. It was the first recording with their
current drummer Martin Axenrot (also in Bloodbath, and on
tour with Opeth) who joined the circle of black magic after
Mique had left the band. Later during the same year WITCHERY
did a US tour along with The Haunted before falling into
hibernation for some time. Their new album and debut on
Century Media Records, ?Don?t Fear The Reaper?, was again
recorded at Berno Studios, but mixed by Tue Madsen at his
Antfarm Studios (The Haunted, Heaven Shall Burn, Mnemic...).
It showcases not only a cover-version of the Satanic
Slaughter classic ?Immortal Death?, but also WITCHERY?s feel
for catchy and precise metal tunes. Something has come back
from the dead...
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