Margarita Witch Cult to Release Strung Out in Hell July 18
Note the cover art with its various iconography culled from the song titles. Whatever you do, don’t miss the Mars rover. Classic ’80s metal vibes there that have me somewhat curious as to how Birmingham heavy rock trio Margarita Witch Cult will have progressed from their well-received 2023 self-titled debut (review here), but there’s no audio yet to begin to get a sense. They’ll get there, I’m just impatient with this stuff.
Whatever the three-piece are up to in pieces like “Conqueror Worm” and “Crawl Home to Your Coffin,” the safer bet is it’ll be over the top, as that’s where the self-titled spent a good portion of its time. There’s still the better part of two weeks before the first single gets posted though, so really what they’re doing is laying the groundwork and getting those who dug the first record to snag the second one on spec, which honestly probably isn’t a bad call to make. I’m sure when one pressing sells out they’ll do another, because why not, but if you don’t look at this cover and want a first pressing, I feel like maybe you need to re-up your appreciation for the absurd.
From Heavy Psych Sounds via the PR wire
MARGARITA WITCH CULT – Strung Out In Hell
– sophomore album for the UK proto metal – doom riffers –
Today we are stoked to start the presale of the MARGARITA WITCH CULT upcoming sophomore album STRUNG OUT IN HELL !!
RELEASE DATE: JULY 18th
ALBUM PRESALE: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS360
USA PRESALE: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop-usa.htm
FIRST SINGLE COMING OUT ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS MAY 28th
RELEASED IN
15 ULTRA LTD TEST PRESS VINYL
100 ULTRA LTD SIDE A – SIDE B YELLOW/ORANGE/RED VINYL
100 ULTRA LTD HALF-HALF TRANSP./RED TRANSP. + SPLATTER BLACK VINYL
400 LTD GOLD NUGGET VINYL
BLACK VINYL
DIGIPAK
DIGITAL
TRACKLIST
SIDE A
Crawl Home To Your Coffin – 4:07
Scream Bloody Murder – 3:41
Conqueror Worm – 4:21
Witches Candle – 2:38
White Wedding – 4:45
SIDE B
Mars Rover – 4:53
Dig Your Way Out – 2:27
The Fool – 3:24
Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm – 6:46
ALBUM DESCRIPTION
Margarita Witch Cult captured lightning in a bottle with their 2023 debut- a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it behemoth that saw the band thrash and burn through Europe and the UK, picking up legions of fans and touring with the likes of Cancer Bats, Monster Magnet and Nebula.
Now, the Birmingham trio are set to pick their teeth with the bones of their own past- as their second LP ‘Strung Out In Hell’ takes everything that was so compelling about their debut and turns the knob up to 11; rips off the knob; throws the knob into the fires of hell and cackles maniacally in the wake of its demoniacal glory.
From top-to-tail, ‘Strung Out In Hell’ is a cloven hoof to the chest; a dizzying descent through infernus. It will caress you only to chew you up and spit you out. It is the soundtrack to the afterparty of all life on earth. Succumb to its sordid siren song. Bolder, stranger, and downright more mean, there’s no better time to jump on the Margarita Witch Cult train- and it’s going straight down, fast.
CREDITS
Recorded & Mixed by Mark Gittins at Megatone Studio, Birmingham, UK
Mastered by Scott Middleton at High Wattage Cottage, Ontario, Canada
Producer – @mark_gittins_sound / @megatonerecordingstudio
Artwork by Dirt Wizard.
All songs Copyright Margarita Witch Cult 2025 except Track 5.
Guest Performers
Alicia Gardener-Trejo – Baritone Sax on ‘The Fool’
Sam Wooster – Trumpet on ‘The Fool’
Writing Credits
All songs written by Scott Abbott except:
Track 3 – Conqueror Worm – James Brown / Scott Abbott
Track 5 – White Wedding – Billy Idol
Track 7 – Dig Your Way Out – James Brown / Scott Abbott
MARGARITA WITCH CULT is:
Scott Abbott – Vocals & Guitars
James Brown – Bass, Vocals, Synth, Mellotron, Guitars
George Caswell – Drums & Vocals
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