Witch Mountain

Mama Doom – Ash Bone Skin N Stone Review

By Felagund on July 24, 2021 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Occult Rock, 18 comments

“Occult rock has undergone something of a renaissance. Over the past few years, it would seem that a crop of Blue Öyster Cult devotees have taken a collective step outside of their salt circle and onto the lighted stage. Whether it’s the pop metal Satanism of Ghost, or the 70s-tinged stylings of groups like Lucifer, Blood Ceremony and Witch Mountain, occult rock with just the right amount of metallic edge has taken a very specific subset of the world by storm. So where does New York’s Mama Doom fit into the pentagramed paradigm?” I dismember mama.

Mountain Witch – Extinct Cults Review

By Huck N Roll on May 29, 2020 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, 13 comments

“A band’s swan song can often be a masterpiece, an emotional rollercoaster, or a dud. When a band knows they’re calling it quits for a while, most often they will pour their hearts into that final album. That’s what I hoped for when I grabbed Extinct Cults, the latest (and last, prior to what is described as a long hiatus) from German proto-rockers Mountain Witch.” Went witching.

Witch Mountain – Witch Mountain Review

By Huck N Roll on June 7, 2018 in 2018, American Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Reviews, Svart Records, Black Metal, Doom Metal, 58 comments

“Who remembers Scion AV? Scion was a Toyota offshoot that clearly had headbanging executives in charge: for a few years they sponsored the release of tracks by metal acts ranging from Meshuggah to The Melvins. And there’s the tie-in: the first time I heard Witch Mountain was from a Scion AV download back in 2010. Those two songs became bonus tracks on a European vinyl rerelease of Cauldron of the Wild, so still relatively unknown, but they showed us what Witch Mountain were: heavy traditional doom influenced by Black Sabbath and Saint Vitus, with chillingly mesmerizing vocals courtesy of Uta Plonktin.” 99 problems, but a Witch ain’t one.

Æsthetica – Sonorous Æon Review

By Treble Yell on December 21, 2017 in 2017, Doom Metal, Fysisk Format, Norwegian Metal, Post-metal, Reviews, Sludge, Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Sludge Metal, 15 comments

“I have been unkind to doom as of late, doing my best to spurn its demands for attention by avoiding the majority of releases possessed of its lugubrious character. What set this off was the confession in my review of Blackburn Souls by Lord Vigo at the beginning of the year that my patience for doom has worn thin. I no longer have the stomach to hear a single chord reused ad nauseam like a prisoner trying to stretch out a meal made from a caught rat. I’m tired, impatient, and tetchy — moods that ill-suits the emotional commitment required by doom.” Prodigal Sun O))).

Ruby the Hatchet – Valley of the Snake Review

By Saunders on February 20, 2015 in American Metal, Doom Metal, Reviews, Stoner Rock, Tee Pee Records, Doom Metal, Stoner Rock, 9 comments

“We all have our go-to bands or genres we seek out when in need of a break from the rigorous traits of extreme metal, whether it’s the riff heavy rock of Truckfighters, the spacey psych jams of Mars Red Sky, or the soulful occult doom of Witch Mountain. In recent years I’ve gravitated more and more towards the fuzzy, doomy end of the spectrum when I want to take it down a notch. Enter Philadelphia’s Ruby the Hatchet, yet another band to throw their hat in the “female fronted retro doom rock” ring.” Is she related to Molly Hatchet, by chance?