– Could eleventh, 2023 –

Ascending British Steel Band to Launch New LP, ‘IV: Sacrament’, June 2nd

UK Medieval Steel Phenoms Fourth Album Overflows with Affecting Hooks, Ageless Melodies

Wytch Hazel (Credit score Sam Scot Hunter)

Ascending British onerous rock sect, Wytch Hazel, will launch its new album, ‘IV: Sacrament‘, on June 2 by way of Unhealthy Omen Information. Recorded with long-time producer Ed Turner (Purson), and tracked in a transformed Baptist chapel in rural Wales, the report is a convincing achievement and glittering treasure chest that builds on the momentum of the band’s celebrated 2020 album ‘III: Pentecost‘, glorified by Below The Radar as “an invocation of rock and roll at its purest and, extra particularly, of all that made the New Wave of British Heavy Steel within the late ’70s so particular” and compelled Steel Injection to opine, “Wytch Hazel is arguably among the finest heavy metallic bands on the market proper now and everybody needs to be listening to them.”

Led by vocalist / multi-instrumentalist Colin Hendra, Wytch Hazel is a singular supply of onerous rock/heavy metallic dominion, providing a by no means ending quantum of mediaeval melodic buildings and to uplifting hymns, ‘IV: Sacrament‘ is overflowing with indelible ear-worms the likes of which have to be heard to be believed. And imagine, you shall.

Upfront of the brand new report’s launch, Wytch Hazel unveils a video for its new music, “Sturdy Coronary heart”, a hook-laden anthem which options the band performing as stay whereas surrounded by pillars of sunshine. Observe the celebration at this location.

Wytch Hazel has additionally dropped a lyric video for the brand new observe, “A Thousand Years”, a stone chilly rock banger that includes classically stunning manufacturing and a ripping Neal Schon/Aldo Nova-type guitar solo. Stream Wytch Hazel‘s “A Thousand Years” at this location.

“I’ve blown my very own thoughts a bit,” Colin states, “and even in spite of everything this painstaking work, I nonetheless really feel like I’ve solely scratched the floor of what Wytch Hazel might be doing musically. I want I might have a month to work on one music, and go on a tangent a bit. I’ll sooner or later, it’s getting in the fitting route. It’s a number of the most trustworthy songwriting I’ve ever accomplished, and the lyrics come from a darker place, I feel. I’m getting older, that comes via in some lyrics: ‘see my physique breaking’, ‘I’m digging deeper’, ‘time’s operating out…’ – I battle to see the constructive quite a lot of the time, so the songs find yourself being unfavorable, the subject material coming from fixed striving.“

It’s these deeply private lyrics, coming from a spot of religion and conviction, which make Wytch Hazel stand out farther from the trendy herd; though we’ve been bombarded with the cartoon diabolism of the ‘occult rock’ revival for the very best a part of 20 years, no different band has dared to supply the opposite facet of the story. But lest any heathen headbanger begin to concern any sort of evangelical conversion agenda, Hendra expands on his place: “Music is created for all, it’s a standard grace for everybody,” he affirms, “which is why the music that reveals the glory of God probably the most, in my view, shouldn’t be music created by Christians. It’s Black Sabbath, !“

Wytch Hazel has additionally unleashed a music video for the brand new music “Angel of Mild”. Created by Wild Stag Studios (Angel Witch, Rick Wakeman), the clip options Wytch Hazel performing in a religious setting, showcasing the radiant power of its purified stay units. The observe met to rousing response upon its launch, with Steel Injection noting, “Wytch Hazel has guitar harmonies for days” and Traditional Rock naming the tune as one in every of its Tracks of the Week whereas opining, “there’s a lot to take pleasure in right here no matter your non secular persuasion…suppose Blue Oyster Cult-meets-Skinny Lizzy, with the gallop of Iron Maiden and uplifting harmonies“. Watch Wytch Hazel‘s “Angel of Mild” video at this location.

Observe itemizing:
01. The Fireplace’s Management
02. Angel of Mild (watch VIDEO)
03. Time and Doubt
04. Sturdy Coronary heart (watch VIDEO)
05. Ship Us
06. A Thousand Years (watch VIDEO)
07. Gold Mild
08. Infinite Battle
09. Future Is Gold
10. Digging Deeper

Along with vocalist/guitarist Colin Hendra, Wytch Hazel options Alex Haslam (guitar), Andy Shackleton (bass) and Aaron Hay (drums).

“Retro heavy rockers Wytch Hazel have drawn fairly a little bit of consideration these previous couple of years with a constant stream of fantastic and always-improving albums-and for his or her unabashed love for his or her lord and saviour Jesus Christ…their third album III: Pentecost got here out on Unhealthy Omen Information to near-universal acclaim (apart from a little bit of grumbling from metalheads who which can be much less all in favour of Christian lyrics). For the uninitiated, Wytch Hazel sound fairly a bit just like the glory days of early heavy metallic simply earlier than Iron Maiden and Saxon took over the world; some good references are Ashbury, Wishbone Ash, and Pagan Altar, however Wytch Hazel’s sound is all their very own” – Invisible Oranges

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