Witchers Creed – ‘Awakened From The Tomb’ (Ripple Music)
Hailing from Sweden and gorged on a steady diet of primordial doom acts (Witchfinder General, Trouble and – of course – Candlemass), Witchers Creed haven’t so much built an altar to worship doom metal’s earliest forms as they have constructed an entire cathedral to it. There isn’t a single moment on ‘Awakened From The Tomb’ that doesn’t feel like a celebratory cheer for the best hallmarks of ‘70s/’80s style doom, and yet the record pops with a freshness that keeps the band sounding too mired in replicating the past as they blast out some ballsy doom-tinged rock anthems of their own.
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