Swiss/Dutch heavy metal coven BURNING WITCHES is proud to unleash an epic new single, “Flight Of The Valkyries,” taken from the upcoming fourth full length album, The Witch Of The North, which will be released on May 28th, 2021, through Nuclear Blast.
You can watch a stunning visualizer video for “Flight Of The Valkyries” here:
Pure witchery: barely twelve full moons after the release of their third opus, “Dance With The Devil,” Burning Witches return steeled and superior with The Witch Of The North, their most fiery and thunderous work to date. An album equipped to become a modern metal classic, a work of reference for honest, true steel. It’s obvious: anyone who manages to deliver such a Witch Hammer after just one year has to have the magic touch. Black magic that is!
The PRE-ORDER for The Witch Of The North starts today!
PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM OR LISTEN TO THE SINGLE HERE: http://nblast.de/BW-WitchOfTheNorth
BURNING WITCHES
Below is The Witch Of The North track list:
01. Winter’s Wrath
02. The Witch Of The North
03. Tainted Ritual
04. We Stand As One
05. Flight Of The Valkyries
06. The Circle Of Five
07. Lady Of The Woods
08. Thrall
09. Omen
10. Nine Worlds
11. For Eternity
12. Dragon’s Dream
13. Eternal Frost
14. Hall Of The Mountain King (Bonus)
Few bands in recent memory have established themselves as quickly as BURNING WITCHES, and few are able to write such timeless, grand tunes with somnambulistic ease; carrying Judas Priest in their hearts without becoming overly nostalgic, whilst rapidly developing their own unique voice. “We’re not really into bigger experiments,” confesses guitarist and main songwriter Romana. “We’re all burning for classic metal like Maiden, Priest and Slayer. For me nothing’s better than this kind of music, so Burning Witches will always stay true to themselves.“
Now, the Witches opened a particularly gripping page in their grimoire: an album forged in the fires of a pandemic, created with patience, finesse and pitch-black lifeblood during a time in which even the Swiss/Dutch coven had to retreat into the isolation and quietness of the dark woods. Right there they hatched new spells and new ways of weaving their potent magic into the world. For Freya, for the druidesses, for the witches as past, present and future.
Several recording sessions with Swiss metal legend V.O. Pulver and their producer, thrash titan Schmier (Destruction), at the end of 2020, enabled this foremost incarnation of the band to take their explosive heavy metal to new heights. With “Circle Of Five,” “We Stand As One” or the title track there’s an ample amount of rousing, blistering hymns; but for BURNING WITCHES – and you can call that old fashioned if you like – it’s the album that counts, from its intro up to the concluding cover song.
Speaking of cover songs: after “Holy Diver” and “Battle Hymn” this time sees “Hall Of The Mountain King” by the mighty Savatage – including guest solos by Chris Caffery – what a choice, what a rendition!
The Witch Of The North sounds unleashed and completely rounded. We’re looking at five pure musicians that have sought and finally found each other.
This coven can’t be stopped by prejudice, nor by stakes, nor diatribes. The era of the Witches has begun. And anyone who won’t join this black magic circle will bitterly regret it for all eternity.
“The Witch Of The North” is available in these physical formats: CD Digipak 2LP Gatefold (Black) Ltd. 2CD Box Set (incl. “Circle Of Five” EP, signed card, 5 patches, ltd to 1.000) Ltd. 2LP Gatefold (Clear/Blue Splatter, ltd. to 300) Ltd. 2LP Gatefold (Blue/White Marbled, ltd. to 200) Ltd. 2LP Gatefold (Blue, ltd. to 300) Ltd. 2LP Gatefold (Picture Vinyl, ltd. to 300)
ORDER HERE: http://nblast.de/BW-WitchOfTheNorth
BURNING WITCHES live as special guests on
PRIMAL FEAR‘s upcoming METAL COMMANDO OVER EUROPE tour:
2021
14.09.21 D-Aschaffenburg /ColosSaal 15.09.21 D-Berlin / Hole 44 16.09.21 D-Nürnberg / Hirsch 17.09.21 D-Leipzig / Hellraiser 18.09.21 CZ-Zlin / Masters Of Rock Cafe 20.09.21 CZ-Prague / Meet Factory 22.09.21 BUL-Sofia / Music Jam Club 24.09.21 SK-Zvolen / DK ZSR Culture House 25.09.21 SK-Bartislava / Majestic Music Club 26.09.21 AUT-Salzburg / Rockhouse 27.09.21 HU-Budapest /Barba Negra 2022 12.01.22 D-Muenchen / Backstage 13.01.22 D-Regensburg / Eventhalle Airport 14.01.22 D-Stuttgart / LKA 15.01.22 D.-Memmingen / Kaminwerk
16.01.22 D-Koeln / Essigfabrik
18.01.22 D-Bochum / Zeche 19.01.22 D-Hamburg / Markthalle 20.01.22 NED-Amstelveen / P60 21.01.22 B-Vosselaar / Biebob 22.01.22 D-Fulda / Kreuz 23.01.22 D-Saarbruecken /Garage 25.01.22 F-Paris / La Machine du Molin Rouge 28.01.22 ITA-Bergamo / Druso 29.01.22 CH-Sion / Le Port Franc 30.01.22 CH-Pratteln / Z 7 01.02.22 F-Lyon / CCO 03.02.22 ES-Pamplona / Totem 04.02.22 ES-Madrid / Shoko 05.02.22 ES-Murcia / Gamma 06.02.22 ES-Barcelona / Salamandra
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BURNING WITCHES is:
Laura | vocals
Romana | guitars
Larissa | guitars
Jay | bass
Lala | drums
