Maybe it’s my heavy metal roots, but I remain a sucker for some good wordplay. Accordingly, the title of UK five-piece Witch Charmer‘s new track/video immediately caught my eye. Well, maybe not immediately. I had to read it twice, but once it sunk into my lizard brain, I got a legit chuckle out of “Copernicopia” — it’s like a cornucopia of Copernicus! — and the doomers back up that weighty song name with a rolling riff and trades between ethereal themes and burly delivery in the verses and choruses, so all the better. I guess when you decide to call something “Copernicopia” you have to make extra sure it doesn’t suck. Fair enough.

I hope someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe “Copernicopia” is the first new material to come from Witch Charmer since the band’s 2014 full-length debut, The Great Depression (review here), which makes the track all the more of an event. Frontwoman Kate McKeown and drummer Dave McQuilan share vocal duties, first in call and response as the former brings a sensibility to the early going not unlike what Sharie Neyland did for The Wounded Kings during her time with that sadly-defunct outfit, and the latter answering with a gruff dudeliness of the sort found throughout London’s busy heavy rock underground, eventually taking the fore over an uptempo section in the second half.

The video was recorded live, and presumably the same applies to the audio, so I don’t know if Witch Charmer have a new studio release in the works or where they might be in that process, but they’re clearly been putting together songs, so however they might show up, you won’t hear me complain.

Check out “Copernicopia” below, followed by more info/background on the band. Hope you enjoy:

Witch Charmer, “Copernicopia” live Blank Slate Session

Witch Charmer perform ‘Copernicopia’

Camera/Editor: Graeme Baty. Camera: Kenzie Cairns. Sound: David Curle First Ave Studios, Newcastle, Heaton

Witch Charmer are a five piece that play a unique blend of stoner rock, doom, metal & blues to create a rich tapestry to tell stories of darkness and depression about this world gone mad.

Euphoric Curse was the band’s first EP. It was self released on Bandcamp.com as a free or ‘name your price’ Mp3 download, as well as 2 pressings of 100 CDs. It received a great response from the underground stoner rock and doom scene. The response to Euphoric Curse invited a few interested record labels, Witch Charmer decided to work with Italy’s Argonauta Records to release their debut album ‘The Great Depression’ on CD & Mp3 worldwide in September 2014. The Great Depression was also released on Limited Edition cassette by Hevisike Records.

Witch Charmer is:
Kate McKeown – Vocals
Dave McQuillan – Drums & Vocals
Len Lennox – Guitar & Vocals
Adam Clarke – Guitar & Vocals
Richard Maher – Bass

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Argonauta Records website

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Tags: Argonauta Records, Sunderland, UK, Witch Charmer

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