專輯中文名: Witchcraft歌手: Witchcraft資源格式: MP3發行時間: 2004年地區: 瑞典語言: 英語簡介:
專輯介紹：
瑞典retro-doom-psych-fold樂隊2000年由Magnus Pelander（核心人員）和Roky Erickson組建，最初隻是想錄制一張PENTAGRAM的Bobby Liebling緻敬專集， 專集發行後，出乎意料收到了好的回應，鼓勵Magnus組建了WITCHCRAFT樂隊。
2004年樂隊在Rise Above公司安放性了處女作，這張專集沿襲了70年代的聲音、 音色、風格，聽上去，不禁讓人想起了那時的BLACK SABBATH、PENTAGRAM， 專集中還有一些民謠與搖滾的元素， 有LEAF HOUND、CAPTAIN BEYOND、COMUS的影子，有意思的是樂隊的所有成員，無一人出生在1977年前， 卻能夠制作出那個年代的音樂，非常驚人的一支樂隊，如果喜歡70年代金屬的朋友不妨去領域一下。
Witchcraft mastermind, Magnus Pelander has been an active member of the Swedish Doom scene for some time now despite his youthful age, and initially started the band as a tribute to former 13th Floor Elevators legend Roky Erickson and vintage Doom rocker Bobby Liebling of cult legends Pentagram.
In 2002 Witchcraft (essentially Magnus aided by friends from the local music scene in Örebro) released a limited 7” pressing of the insistent Sabbath meets Stones strut of “No Angel or Demon” on the Swedish underground label Primitive Art. Rise Above Records were so amazed by what they heard that they signed the band immediately on the strength of this slab of wax alone and even begged for the song’s inclusion, in it’s original form, on the bands debut album.
In early 2003 the band, now completed by Jonas Arnesén - Drums, John Hoyles – Guitar Ola Henriksson – Bass (the later two also having appeared on the 7” release), began assembling vintage 60’s 70’s recording equipment in a basement and started work, with producer Jens Henriksson, on their debut album.
That album, ‘Witchcraft’, is a record which conjures up the macabre essence of vintage Pentagram and, of course Black Sabbath whilst incorporating influences as wide apart as the Jethro Tullesque folky prog of “Her Sisters They Were Weak”, and the bludgen riffing style of early 70’s Bang in “I Want You to Know”. Elsewhere, “Schyssta Lögner” evokes memories of Sweden’s original hard rocking progsters Novembre and the inclusion of the cover “Please Don’t Forget Me” from Bobby Leibling’s 1970 pre-Pentagram outfit Stone Bunny pays further homage to his criminally overlooked genius.
While many of their, more generic, contemporaries are more conservative in their approach, Witchcraft are a band that can swing effortlessly from orthodox doom to blues, folk and jazz whilst always remaining shrouded in the cloak of influence from some of the more obscure moments of the 70’s cult rock underground. Yet somehow, despite not adhering to any blueprint, the Witchcraft sound is purer then any other act in the doom scene today.摘自網絡