Acid Magus Post “Demon Behemoth”; Announce New Album Hope is Heavy

Posted in Whathaveyou on February 3rd, 2023 by JJ Koczan

Acid Magus (Photo by Herman Verwey)

Don’t sleep on this. Don’t do it. I know, it’s another band, announcing another release, they’ve already made their debut in 2021’s Wyrd Syster (review here) so maybe you feel like you’re late to the party, but trust me, you’re not. Go ahead and click play on “Demon Behemoth” at the bottom of this post and you’ll find welcome amid the warm heavy psych tones and melodies as Acid Magus give a first taste of their upcoming sophomore LP, Hope is Heavy.

The song gets into some proggy chug and exploration later on — there’s time for these things in an eight-minute single — but the message even in its outer reaches is to immerse, to lose yourself in the going, and it’s worth doing so. Some restructuring of the band’s lineup has led to their becoming a five-piece, and while I dug that first record, what I’m hearing in “Demon Behemoth” is an uptick in fullness as well as production value and if that’s hope getting heavy as the track passes its sixth minute mark and finds its way back to its harmony-topped roll, the real adventure is just beginning. Sign me up.

No concrete release date as yet for Hope is Heavy, but Mongrel Records will have the release and the label sent the following down the PR wire:

Acid Magus Demon Behemoth artwork

Acid Magus unveil cathartic new single Demon Behemoth

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Acid Magus is an experimental rock outfit from Pretoria, South Africa. Doom, stoner, punk, psych, and classic rock are all common themes in their music. As huge fans of the rock greats (Zeppelin, Sabbath), stoner/desert rock behemoths (Kyuss, Sleep) as well as the tripped out psychedelic stylings of modern “psych” bands like Slift. Acid Magus take inspiration from all kinds of great music, spanning the entire gamut from 60s Hendrix and The Doors to Hawkwind and Scorpions at their heaviest, all this with maybe a little Alt Rock sensibility thrown in for good measure.

The band’s debut album Wyrd Syster was released in 2021 to widespread acclaim from fans and heavy music media. 2023 see Acid Magus returning as a 5 piece with a new vocalist and the addition of a second guitarist, as well as a brand-new album Hope Is Heavy, set for release later this year on Mongrel Records.

Demon Behemoth is the crushing first single from the forthcoming album. Guitarist and chief songwriter Keenan Kinnear explains, “Demon Behemoth is not only the first single but also the first track off our upcoming sophomore album, Hope is Heavy. The entire album is a concept dealing with me realizing how I am slowly becoming more cynical with age. Every song on the album, including Demon Behemoth, is a cross-section of my psyche, self-analyzed for the sake of solving the “great cynicism” I am experiencing at the moment and searching for the silver lining in what constantly seems to be an increasingly grim outlook.”

In the faint light that separates dreams from reality, lies from truth and heaven from hell, lives the Acid Magus. Meditating, surrounded by darkness and light, energizing the air with electric anticipation. Come forward and listen, stay awhile, there are no sins…

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Ruff Majik Post New Single “Elektrik Ram”

Posted in Whathaveyou on January 27th, 2023 by JJ Koczan

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I don’t see a release date for Ruff Majik‘s impending fourth album, Elektrik Ram, in the PR wire info below, and I’m not sure what to make of that if anything, but when the South African band put out “She’s Still a Goth” (posted here), it was reportedly April 2023. That’s still my best estimate, and if “She’s Still a Goth” was an early teaser, then “Elektrik Ram,” the title-track, builds on that with more cheeky goth and a purposely rough, almost garage-style sound to its strummed riff. You’ll note the use of the word “triumph” and considerations of it as a “battle song” in the quote, and you can hear that in some of the turns of lead guitar, but as ever for Ruff Majik, there’s a lot happening in relatively little time, and it’s still very much recognizably their own.

I’m really looking forward to this album. Expecting something different from 2020’s The Devil’s Cattle (review here) considering the years in between and the two songs they’ve made public thus far, but if they’re growing weirder I think that’s only an asset in their favor and the further out they reach from their desert-style heavy rock roots, the stronger a band I think they’re becoming. One assumes tour announcements are forthcoming as well, so with that in mind, I’ll turn you over to the info in blue and the track streaming at the bottom of this post.

Also, if you’re on TikTok, they’ve been doing some skits and posting practice footage on there. Might be worth giving them a follow.

Here you go:

ruff majik elektrik ram

RUFF MAJIK UNLEASH EXPLOSIVE NEW SINGLE ‘ELEKTRIK RAM’

DOWNLOAD / STREAM ‘ELEKTRIK RAM’
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https://mongrelrecords1.bandcamp.com/track/elektrik-ram

Elektrik Ram is the new single and title track from South African stoner rock reprobates Ruff Majik’s upcoming album.

Vocalist and guitarist Johni Holiday’s quick stint in a mental wellness facility brought on the lyrics and structure of Elektrik Ram. “What started as a fun ditty, emulating the sound of Siamese Dream era Smashing Pumpkins, became a triumphant battle song chronicling the power of picking up where you left off and trying again.” Explains Johni.

He delves deeper into the message behind the song, “Conquering dependency on medication and machines (as a replacement for human contact) to step out victorious. It’s a song about not letting go of rage but using it instead to break through the barriers of modern living.”

The first gasps of air this song took was a three-part harmony that Johni wrote using only his acoustic guitar and a tape recorder to lay down the ideas. From there it was presented to the other members of the band, with the idea of making a relentless juggernaut of a song. “It should sound like a swarm of bees, but with an uplifting crescendo” Johni said.

Lyrically, Holiday referenced the feeling of being incapacitated on a hospital bed and combined it with an allegory for oppressive and dogmatic religious views, to drive the point home that “fate will not grant you any favours, you must take them.”

Current lineup:
Johni Holiday
Jimmy Glass
Cowboy Bez
Steven Bosman

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Ethyl Ether Premiere “Six Feet of Snow” Video; Violent Entertainment Out Jan. 27

Posted in Bootleg Theater on December 1st, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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Cape Town, South Africa, five-piece Ethyl Ether will release their fourth album, Violent Entertainment, through Mongrel Records on Jan. 27. And the drawling catchiness, post-rock languidity and tonal weight of “Six Feet of Snow” is representative perhaps not of every move the triply-guitared outfit make across the ’90s-style, CD-ready 12-song/58-minute stretch of the album. It doesn’t account for, say, the dub of “Good Neighbor,” for example, or the post-grunge somehow-Beatlesian alt rock radio friendliness of “Field of Shadows,” “Seasons of Gold” and “Flowers” with their wistfulness tucked away after the acoustic demo-sounding 47 seconds of “I” as the album’s final salvo, but in its blend of shimmer and grim, float and heft, and in its drawing influence from aughts-era emotive rock and heavier impulses to create a kind of immersive wash of melody, it speaks much of what’s at the foundation of the record itself.

Sharp in its songwriting and malleable, clearly, to whatever purposes the band point it toward, Violent Entertainment launches with an according three-song salvo of rockers of which “Six Feet of Snow” is the third, behind opener “Dead Conversations” and the subsequent “Phenomenal,” though the shift when “Vacant” hits is mostly in atmosphere, the band putting more space into the sound, what might be breathing room if anyone could breathe. As a follow-up to 2020’s Chrome Neon Jesus (review here), and as a collection of crafted material in its own right, Violent Entertainment is purposeful and ambitious atop its relatively straightforward structures, and makes deep sounds accessible Ethyl Ether Violent Entertainmentwith a continued poppy sensibility that suits a fourth-album maturation of their processes.

The aforementioned “I” aside, most songs hover on either side of the five-minute mark — “Compromise” is the longest at 6:35 and fills its time working toward a full-toned payoff and classically bluesy solo — and convey a human, feeling-feelings presence without tipping into melodrama at least until the band decide to do pretty much exactly that near the finish. We live in an era of plot twists and cliffhangers. Violent Entertainment speaks to that in its own songs and in making the listener wonder where they might go from here.

As the band note below, ‘Violent Entertainment laments the loss of real human emotion and cries for a return to real interactions… a call for a time that is sadly long gone,’ and that perspective, a certain nostalgia for something lost, is prevalent whatever turns in sound accompany, be it the heavy post-Britpop of “Satin” or the charged thrust of “Exhibition.” Fair enough. As someone old enough to remember a time before I had my face buried in my phone in a desperate search for any minor dopamine fix like a sad hunched over cog, I get it.

And one could debate the quality levels of connection between seeing what’s happening in all your friends’ lives versus actually speaking to them — broadcasting ourselves over interpersonal communication, in other words — never mind the presentation of self as a brand (a personal least-favorite; don’t forget to read The Obelisk!), but what’s the use of decrying the trap’s existence when you’re already snared? Perhaps a song like “Six Feet of Snow” is Ethyl Ether‘s way of trying to gnaw their collective leg off to break free. If you make it, send a postcard from what used to be reality. That’s not even snark. It’s nice to get mail.

Hope you’re ready to have this one stuck in your head for the rest of the day and then some:

Ethyl Ether, “Six Feet of Snow” video premiere

Ethyl Ether on Violent Entertainment:

The song speaks about the feeling of struggling to carve one’s way forward in life. When you are stuck in the past or in your head, that is the snow, that is the crown that you bleed from. Social media perpetuates this, driving us all slowly insane.

Violent Entertainment is a commentary on the times we find ourselves as humans… a constant diet of social media and reality shows. We are shocked by nothing anymore, allowing ourselves to be influenced by whatever speaks strongest to our personal viewpoint. We have become selfish, and live from selfie to selfie, one foot in the real world and one foot online. Violent Entertainment laments the loss of real human emotion and cries for a return to real interactions… a call for a time that is sadly long gone.

Ethyl Ether are a five-piece Psychedelic rock outfit from Cape Town. Formed in 2016, the band has released 3 full length albums, the last album, 2020’s ‘Chrome Neon Jesus’ earned the band a SAMA (South African Music Awards) nomination for Best Rock Album as well as being well received by international rock media.

The band has been hard at work in the studio over the last 9 months on their new album ‘Violent Entertainment’ which will drop in January 2023.

Track Listing:
1 – Dead Conversation
2 – Phenomenal
3 – Six Feet Of Snow
4 – Vacant
5 – Good Neighbour
6 – Satin
7 – Compromise
8 – Exhibition
9 – I
10 – Field Of Shadows
11 – Seasons Of Gold
12 – Flowers

Line Up:
Andrew Paine – Vocals/Guitar
Mark Van Zyl – Guitar
Mornay Carstens – Guitar
Pat Naidoo – Drums
Frederick Muller – Bass

Ethyl Ether, Violent Entertainment (2023)

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Ethyl Ether Announce Violent Entertainment Out Jan. 27; New Song Posted

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 9th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Ethyl Ether

The story is pretty simple here: ‘band who’ve done a couple cool records are about to do another.’ That doesn’t do much to tell you about Ethyl Ether‘s heavygaze-informed psychedelic rock as presented on their new streaming single “Field of Shadows,” let alone the rest of their upcoming Violent Entertainment full-length opus, but, well, better to get the basics across than nothing. There’s time to dig in deeper as we get closer.

If you didn’t catch the band’s 2020 outing, Chrome Neon Jesus (review here), it is by no means too late to be introduced. And if you find yourself looking for more as regards the impending follow-up, which is out Jan. 27, 2023, through Mongrel Records, stick around, as I’ll be premiering a video on Thursday, Dec. 1, for the track “Six Feet of Snow.” Seems like the kind of thing one might pair with an album review, if one is so inclined. Which I probably will be, because — and here’s something personal, I hope you’re comfortable with that — I like writing about good tunes.

So, off we go to the preliminaries, hoisted from the PR wire whence they came:

Ethyl Ether Violent Entertainment

ETHYL ETHER – Violent Entertainment

Artist: Ethyl Ether
Title: Violent Entertainment
Format: Digital
Release Date: 27th January 2023

Ethyl Ether are a five-piece Psychedelic rock outfit from Cape Town. Formed in 2016, the band has released 3 full length albums, the last album, 2020’s ‘Chrome Neon Jesus’ earned the band a SAMA (South African Music Awards) nomination for Best Rock Album as well as being well received by international rock media.

The band has been hard at work in the studio over the last 9 months on their new album ‘Violent Entertainment’ which will drop in January 2023.

“Violent Entertainment is a commentary on the times we find ourselves as humans… a constant diet of social media and reality shows. We are shocked by nothing anymore, allowing ourselves to be influenced by whatever speaks strongest to our personal viewpoint. We have become selfish, and live from selfie to selfie, one foot in the real world and one foot online. Violent Entertainment laments the loss of real human emotion and cries for a return to real interactions… a call for a time that is sadly long gone.” – Ethyl Ether

Track Listing:
1 – Dead Conversation
2 – Phenomenal
3 – Six Feet Of Snow
4 – Vacant
5 – Good Neighbour
6 – Satin
7 – Compromise
8 – Exhibition
9 – I
10 – Field Of Shadows
11 – Seasons Of Gold
12 – Flowers

Line Up:
Andrew Paine – Vocals/Guitar
Mark Van Zyl – Guitar
Mornay Carstens – Guitar
Pat Naidoo – Drums
Frederick Muller – Bass

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Ruff Majik Premiere “She’s Still a Goth” Video; New Album Elektrik Ram Due in April

Posted in Bootleg Theater, Reviews on October 27th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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With the release tomorrow of their new single She’s Still a Goth, Lydenburg, South Africa, four-piece-with-new-press-shots-soon Ruff Majik also announce the coming of their next album, Elektrik Ram, due from Mongrel Records in April 2023, which may feel and sound like the distant future when people live on Mars and there’s no war on Earth and someone still being a goth would be like a big surprise I guess, but, you know, isn’t actually that far away. Far enough that I haven’t asked to hear the record yet though, not least since I don’t know whether or not it’s done.

I know this song rocks. Among the rampage of admirable qualities in Ruff Majik‘s music, whether it’s the frenetic guitar strum and intertwining leads of Johni Holiday or the depth of vocal arrangement that’s somewhere between Axl Rose and Josh Homme, the shove of groove, etc., the willingness to have actual-fun is a standout, and “She’s Still a Goth” — why on earth wouldn’t she be? — is a blast in that very spirit. Written in homage to Holiday‘s wife, Anni Buchner, who’s been doing art for the band for years now as Ale & Cake Illustration — she helmed the Pulp comic they had out last year as well, and that also was actual-fun — it is nonetheless a reminder that, no matter who you are, where or how you live, gender, orientation, anything, at some point, Ruff Majik Shes Still a Gotheverybody has had a crush on a goth girl. It’s a part of life in modern times.

Ruff Majik would probably need to slow down a bit to play toward actual goth music, but I’ve known goths into Misfits and Ministry and so on, so maybe there’s a place for them to play at ‘grim’ for a while — at least for the sub-three-minute run of this track — and if the rules are bent, so be it. One more reason to look forward to Elektrik Ram, which will serve as the follow-up to 2020’s The Devil’s Cattle (review here), an absolute fucking destroyer of a rock album that the band of course didn’t get to give nearly the support touring that it deserved because, well, you were there.

Ooh, I wonder if they’ll have a pandemic song on the record. Those are lyrics I want to see.

Onto the list of 2023’s most anticipated it goes, and I’m just kind of assuming they’ll head back up to Europe to tour, but I haven’t actually seen dates or anything yet. April release means Spring festival season is in play, though, so it’ll be worth keeping an eye out.

Enjoy the video. Yes, it’s got a bat:

Ruff Majik, “She’s Still a Goth” video premiere

South African stoner rock cult Ruff Majik releases their first new music since the critically acclaimed 2020 album The Devil’s Cattle. Frontman and chief songwriter, Johni Holiday splatters latest single She’s Still A Goth with 80’s tinged goth saturated rock and roll synth-wave. Biting down on a dirty riff and even filthier backbeat the song includes a doom infused breakdown and highly flammable swagger throughout. The track is the first single from their highly anticipated upcoming album Elektrik Ram, which drops in April 2023.

Johni and his wife’s (Anni Buchner of Ale & Cake Illustration) fascination with b-grade horror and gothic imagery has always been influential in the lyrical themes and overall image of the band. When Anni fell in love once more with 80’s tinged gothic synthwave during the pandemic, it inspired him to write a tune in ode to her – featuring references to classic gothic imagery whilst still fitting neatly into the realm of Tarantino-esque desert rock.

It’s just a love song. Nothing more, nothing less. Packaged neatly in a ghoulish package…” – Johni Holiday

Buy / Stream She’s Still a Goth on Mongrel Records
https://orcd.co/shesstillagoth

Current lineup:
Johni Holiday
Jimmy Glass
Cowboy Bez
Steven Bosman

Ruff Majik, The Devil’s Cattle (2020)

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Ruff Majik Touring South Africa Starting Next Week

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 9th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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South African good times/bad times heavy rockers Ruff Majik are set to head out on a tour of their home country beginning June 16. They go supporting The Devil’s Cattle (review here), which is only fair since it’ll be the first real domestic stint they’ve had since the album came out in 2020. Between South Africa’s pandemic situation and the band’s own goings on, that record has been waiting to get its due for a while now, even as the band — who may or may not actually be sponsored by a sunglasses company, mind you — has started work on the follow-up. They’ve gone pretty quickly from one LP to the next over the last few years, and that momentum helped them leading into The Devil’s Cattle, but of course when the world stops you kind of have to stop too or you might fall off.

In any case, glad they’re hitting it now. I have to assume a return to Europe was planned for sometime in 2020, so it could be that might happen this Fall, or maybe next year when/if that next record surfaces. I’ll take it as it comes, and in the meantime, if you didn’t check out their comic book, that’s linked below the dates as well just for fun.

From social media:

Ruff Magick Tour South Africa

Introducing: THE GREAT TREK!

Our first inaugural bi-annual tour of South Africa! (We told you we were gonna do it, we weren’t lying).

Come catch us on the road in June and July at these fantastic spots!

In association with Mongrel Records, Plug Music Agency, Marshall Music SA, M-PIRE MUSIC, Planet Karavan and No Reason Clothing!

Our fabulous shades, as always, sponsored by Pit Viper!

Amazing poster by Cic•a•trix !

Ruff Majik live:
16.06 Cape Town Woodstock Brewery Next Fest
17.06 Cape Town Open Sesame
18.06 Stellenbosch Daisy Jones Raised by Riffs
19.06 Cape Town M-Pire Records
20.06 Swellendam Karoo Saloon
22.06 Knysna Ad’s Pub
23.06 Bloemfontein Chillax
24.06 Parys The Picked Pig
25.06 Pretoria Railways Fuzigish
01.07 Johannesburg The Irish Uncle Mother’s Yndian Mynah
02.07 Durban Robsons Real Beer
03.07 Durban The Westville Warehouse
05.07 Port St. Johns Jungle Monkey
06.07 Mdumbi Mdumbi Backpackers
07.07 Morgans Bay Yellowwood Forrest Backpackers
08.07 East London Gonubie Sports Club TBC
09.07 Port Alfred Guido’s Beach Bar
10.07 Kenton on Sea The Den
14.07 St. Francis Christy’s Seafood and Grill TBC
15.07 Port Elizabeth Eddie Mac’s
16.07 J-Bay @Work Rocking Sports Bar
17.07 Cape St. Francis Joefish Restaurant at the Cape St. Francis Resort
29.07 Potchefstroom Dia Bebados

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Mad God Sign to Mongrel Records

Posted in Whathaveyou on April 1st, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Dirty and psychedelic in kind, Johannesburg’s Mad God have been picked up to release their next album through South Africa’s leading heavy purveyor, Mongrel Records. Their 2018 sophomore outing, Grotesque and Inexorable (review here), is still their latest release, but they’re reportedly working toward new stuff, and hey, you can’t rush a good rolling riff. The band at that point featured Evert Snyman (solo work, Ruff Majik, producer of many, etc.) on bass, and they’ve since brought on board Danny Helsing to fill that role, so one looks forward to hearing the inevitable change in their dynamic and how it might affect the sheer crunch of their riffing.

One expects they will remain quite, quite heavy, and that’s just fine, Grotesque and Inexorable feeling as much like a mission statement as a self-assessment.

From the PR wire:

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MAD GOD – Mongrel Records

Mad God is a 3 piece doom metal band from Johannesburg, South Africa and take influences from bands such as Electric Wizard, Church of Misery, OM, Sleep, Sons of Otis, The Sword and Black Sabbath. Mad God combine traditional, epic, sludge and stoner doom and play a mix of crushingly slow riffs and psychedelic soundscapes layered with reverb drenched vocals and lyrics touching on horror, madness, drug abuse and interdimensional beings. Our music goes beyond the traditional metal tropes of blast beats and guttural vocals and experiments with slow and atmospheric textures that allows our essence to extend between worlds. Mad God’s show is more than just a live performance but an aural and physical experience that we share with our audience.

Mad God – Unholy Rituals – https://orcd.co/unholyrituals
Mad God – Tales of a Sightless City – https://orcd.co/talesofasightlesscity
Mad God – Grotesque and Inexorable – https://orcd.co/grotesqueandinexorable

Mad God are super excited to be working with Mongrel records going forward. We have been sitting on scraps of riffs as well as some almost finished tracks for a while now so this is the kick we needed to get on with it. We are extremely thankful for this opportunity to work with MR and can’t wait to deliver some new music in the not too distant future. – Tim Harbour, guitars/vocals.

I have been a huge fan of Mad God for a couple years now. There previous albums are on constant rotation in the office. We’ve been chatting for a long time about them joining Mongrel. Everything finally fell into place and we couldn’t be happier. – Warren Gibson, label manager

MAD GOD are:
Danny Helsing – Bass
Tim Harbour – Vocals and Guitar
Pat Stephansen – Drums

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Acid Magus Stream “She is the Night (Redux)” Single

Posted in Whathaveyou on March 24th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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South African heavy fuzzbringers Acid Magus find new clarity on their redo of “She is the Night” from 2021’s Wyrd Syster (review here). Trading out some of the drift of the original for lower tuning and a shorter runtime, the song is plenty catchy enough to warrant the other visit, and while the new version is a surprise less than a year after the album’s release, that they’d take on the task after seeing how “She is the Night” garnered an audience response in live shows isn’t a shock in the least. Righteous groove, rampant hook, nodding melody. If I was standing in front of a stage and this was coming off it, I’d be stoked too.

Don’t let me delay you. The official release is tomorrow, March 25, but basically because I asked, you can stream now at the bottom of this post. I’m not sure if this counts as a premiere or not, but screw it, either way you go the song rules, so go ahead and enjoy. I’ve also included the full stream of Wyrd Syster, which if you missed it in 2021 is a gem. Never too late.

Order link and PR wire info follow:

acid magus she is the night

Psychedelic doomsters Acid Magus release redux version of Wyrd Syster single

SHE IS THE NIGHT (REDUX): https://orcd.co/sheisthenight_redux

Acid Magus released their debut album, Wyrd Syster on the 30th July 2021. Heaving with fuzzy guitars, fat bass lines and thunderous drums, as one has come to be expected from the four-piece. The release was extremely well received within the heavy music scene, garnering widespread attention from media and fans. Doom, Stoner, Punk, Psych, and Classic Rock are all common themes throughout the album.

The band recently decided to re-record the title track and second single from the album as guitarist Keenan Kinnear explains, “She is the Night was a bit of an afterthought when completing the album. When we finalized the vocals, we sat back and thought “wow, this is actually quite a powerful track!” The audience response to the song has also been very positive so we decided to give it the spotlight it deserves and re-recorded it from scratch in our newly adopted drop tuning and added a few bits to flesh it out somewhat. Once more, the inimitable Tyrone le Roux-Atterbury contributed an exclusive art piece further detailing the Wyrd Syster” from the original album art…”

Line Up:
Keenan Kinnear: guitars
Jarryd Wood: bass guitar
Roelof van Tonder: drums
Christiaan Van Renen: vocals

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Acid Magus, “She is the Night (Redux)”

Acid Magus, “Wyrd Syster” (2021)

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