From their new album, I Am Legion, Swedish blackened thrash metallers, Witchery, has just launched a new single and lyric video for the track “Welcome, Night”.
Witchery guitarist Jensen comment about “Welcome, Night” as follows: “On “I Am Legion” we have tried a few things that Witchery never has done before. “Welcome, Night”, with its odd timing, atypical arrangement and with riffs that are meant to enhance the vocals/lyrics (and not the other way around as per usual) makes the song probably my favorite track on the album. I like how the lyrics turned out too. They might lead you to think about a certain infamous incident in history, but I chose to place it in “the year 1855” to distance the song from that, yet keeping it in the same Victorian setting. I got a question from a journalist if the lyrics somehow were about “the Devil’s footprints” that happened that specific year. They’re not connected, but I can recommend looking up that particular incident. Pretty interesting. Please enjoy the contribution of our two great friends – Nick Barker’s spoken word and Mike Wead’s solo – in the song as well!”
As with last year’s previous album “In His Infernal Majesty’s Service”, “I Am Legion” was created in the Witchery line-up consisting of Angus Norder (Vocals), Jensen (Guitar), Rickard Rimfält (Lead Guitar), Sharlee D’Angelo (Bass) and Chris Barkensjö (Drums). The album was also produced and mixed by Daniel Bergstrand at Dugout Studios (Behemoth, In Flames, Meshuggah) and comes packaged in powerful artwork by Andreas Diaz Pettersson.
I Am Legion – Track Listing:
1. Legion
2. True North
3. Welcome, Night
4. Of Blackened Wing
5. Dry Bones
6. Amun-Ra
7. Seraphic Terror
8. A Faustian Deal
9. An Unexpected Guest
10. Great Northern Plague
11. The Alchemist
The album’s initial CD pressing comes as Digipak with 2 bonus tracks: “Ragnarök” and “Apex Ghoul”. “I Am Legion” is also available as 180 gram vinyl version on either black vinyl or limited colored runs on clear vinyl (100 copies via CM Webshop) and transparent red vinyl (200 copies via CM Distro).
Witchery Live:
- 11/25 Bogotá, CO – Festival del Diablo III
- 2/1-5 Fort Lauderdale, FL – 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise
- 4/2-3 Tilburg, NL – Netherlands Death Fest
- 4/27-28 Erica, NL – Pitfest
Witchery Line Up:
- Jensen – Guitar
- Rickard Rimfält – Lead Guitar
- Angus Norder – Vocals
- Sharlee D’Angelo – Bass
- Chris Barkensjö – Drums
Witchery Discography:
- Restless & Dead – 1998
- Witchburner / EP – 1999
- Dead, Hot And Ready – 1999
- Symphony For The Devil – 2001
- Don’t Fear The Reaper – 2006
- Witchkrieg – 2010
- In His Infernal Majesty’s Service – 2016
- I Am Legion – 2017
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