In the event you nonetheless want some spaced-out heaviness after listening to Primitive Man’s new 14-minute music, then have I acquired some excellent news for you. Bell Witch, the nice deep-immersion Seattle doom duo, are again along with Erik Moggridge, the darkish people musician who information underneath the title Aerial Smash. In 2020, Bell Witch and Aerial Smash teamed up for Stygian Bough Quantity I, a collaborative album that met each attainable definition of the time period “spaced-out heaviness.” Now, they’re doing it once more.
Because the title of that first album implied, there was nonetheless loads of room to develop on Stygian Bough. In 2023, Bell Witch adopted the primary Stygian Bough with Future’s Shadow Half 1: The Clandestine, an album that was only one single 83-minute observe. They began one other collection earlier than they completed the primary, however now they’ve as soon as once more joined forces with Aerial Smash, and Stygian Bough, Vol. II comes out subsequent month.
Bell Witch and Aerial Smash recorded Stygian Bough, Vol. II with seasoned underground steel producer Billy Anderson. It’s solely 4 songs, however you higher consider all 4 of them are lengthy. Opening observe “Waves Turned The Sky” clocks in at 12 minutes. Don’t take a look at the clock whereas it’s enjoying. Simply let it wash over you. The music’s riffs are gradual and heavy and deeply satisfying, and the vocals are stunning, reverb-drenched people harmonies that match the temper eerily nicely. Test it out beneath, together with the tracklist and the upcoming European tour dates from Bell Witch and Aerial Smash.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Waves Turned The Sky”
02 “King Of The Wooden”
03 “From Dominion”
04 “The Instructed And The Leadened”
TOUR DATES:
1/26 – Warsaw, Poland @ Voodoo *
1/27 – Wroclaw, Poland @ Łącznik *
1/28 – Brno, Czech Republic @ Kabinet Muz *
1/29 – Vienna, Austria @ Area *
1/30 – Munich, Germany @ Feierwerk *
1/31 – Dresden, Germany @ Membership Pushkin *
2/01 – Munster, Germany @ Sputnikhalle *
2/03 – Paris, France @ Backstage By The Mill *
2/05 – London, UK @ The Dome *
2/06 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny *
2/07 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo *
2/08 – Sheffield, UK @ Company *
2/09 – Manchester, UK @ Insurrection *
2/10 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds *
2/12 – Brussels, Belgium @ Magasin 4 *
2/13 – Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje *
2/14 – Hannover, Germany @ Cafe Glocksee *
* with 40 Watt Solar
Stygian Bough Vol. II is out 11/14 on Profound Lore. Learn our 2020 characteristic on the primary Stygian Bough right here.