Witchfinder to Release Forgotten Mansion Nov. 18; New Song Posted
Won’t lie: I’m feeling the keys in the new Witchfinder single. “Ghosts Happen to Fade” is one of five tracks on the Clermont-Ferrand, France-based now-four-piece’s impending full-length, Forgotten Mansion — out Nov. 18 through Mrs Red Sound — and if its blend of huge riffing and organ-ic grandiosity are anything to go by, the follow-up to 2019’s Hazy Rites (review here) LP and earlier-2022’s Endless Garden EP (review here) should offer an array of delights familiar and new for listeners to dig into. There’s plenty of space in their sound for everybody, in other words.
To say new keyboardist Kevyn Raecke adds atmosphere to the track feels more like cliché than insight, but it’s true just the same. The seven-and-a-half-minute piece unfolds from post-Electric Wizard/Monolord roll into harsher sludge, and the keys help very much to tie it together, adding to the foundation of guitar, bass and drums and creating not quite a wash of melody, but certainly a wall of sound that is full and suited to what Witchfinder — who made their self-titled debut in 2017 — have established as their prior modus.
You know the drill. Song’s at the bottom of the post, info follows here from the PR wire. Go, go:
WITCHFINDER to reveal details on new album ‘Forgotten Mansion’ coming out this Fall via Mrs Red Sound : stream first single
France’s doom sludge oufit WITCHFINDER unveil track listing, artwork, recording details and first single off their upcoming album ‘Forgotten Mansion’ – out on November 18th 2022 through Mrs Red Sound. Enjoy spectral first excerpt “Ghosts Happen To Fade” now!
The ‘Forgotten Mansion’ that adorns the desolated garden pictured on the cover of WITCHFINDER’s latest EP has now its very own piece of music. This relevant visual and sonic follow-up features gloomy atmospheres, explores the horror topic and spreads a massive blast of fuzz. The addition of keyboardist Kevyn Raecke propels their already ultra-thick sounding into a cathedral-esque dimension; both theatrical and heavy. The psychedelic touch is cleverly highlighted here over a substantial doom cushion. One can appreciate some faster sections and a nicely worked heavy rock riffage which spices up this record and prevents it from drowning in any easiness. With their new album ‘Forgotten Mansion’, Witchfinder dust off the genre without flaying its foundations at any time.
Witchfinder’s new album ‘Forgotten Mansion’ was recorded, mixed and mastered at Monochrom Studio, Gniewoszów, Poland, by Haldor Grunberg (Behemoth, Dopelord, Belzebong) of Satanic Audio, who also sings on the second track “Marijuana”. Add the single “Ghosts Happen To Fade” to playlists HERE: https://ampl.ink/ghostshappentofade
WITCHFINDER new album ‘Forgotten Mansion’
Out November 18th 2022 on Mrs Red Sound Records
TRACK LISTING:
1. Approaching
2. Marijuana
3. Lucid Forest
4. Ghosts Happen To Fade
5. The Old Days
LINE-UP :
Clément Mostefai: vocals, bass
Stanislas Franczak: guitar
Thomas Dupuy: drums
Kevyn Raecke: keyboard
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