[Cover photo credit to Nate Souza]
Portland, Oregon-based Metal band Bewitcher have announced pre-orders for their new album Spell Shock, which arrives in September, and have also revealed the single and video for “Out Against the Law”. The video was filmed on their recent jaunt south of the border, as well as on the road to Milwaukee Metal Fest.
[Live concert footage filmed by April Jones for Dream Evil Pictures. Tour footage captured by Bewitcher and Taylor Wilson. Edited by Erik Zimmermann.]
Joining frontman Mateo Von Bewitcher, bassist A. Magus, and drummer A. Hunter in the studio this time was longtime Bewitcher fan Lars Frederiksen. Most of the world knows Frederiksen from playing in the likes of Bay Area Punk band Rancid, The Old Firm Casuals and his own Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards.
Drummer A. Hunter says about the album:
We wanted it to be an album experience. Imagine King Diamond’s Abigail in terms of atmosphere merged with the energy of AC/DC’s High Voltage.
Recent months have seen the band tour through Europe, Mexico and the US with Portland Black Metal practitioners UADA, and Century Media labelmates Upon Stone for a string of dates.
Come September, and coinciding with the release of “Spell Shock”, Bewitcher will embark on a co-headline North American tour with labelmates Skeletal Remains, featuring a rotating of bands such as Phobophilic, Torture Rack, Witch Vomit, and Morgul Blade.
FRAGMENTING NORTH AMERICA:
9/20 Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge
9/21 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
9/22 Mesa, AZ – Nile Underground
9/24 San Antonio, TX – The Rock Box
9/25 Dallas, TX – RBC
9/26 Houston, TX – Scout Bar
9/27 New Orleans, LA – Southport Hall
9/28 Orlando, FL – Conduit
9/29 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade (Purgatory)
10/1 Raleigh, NC – Chapel of Bones
10/2 Philadelphia, PA – KFN
10/3 Brooklyn, NY – Market Hotel
10/4 Worcester, MA – Ralphs
10/5 Pittsburgh, PA – Preserving
10/6 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
10/8 Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
10/9 Ottawa, ON – The Dom
10/10 Toronto, ON – Rockpile
10/11 Albany, NY – Empire Underground
10/12 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
10/13 Cincinnati, OH – Madison Live
10/15 Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
10/16 Denver, CO – HQ
10/17 Salt Lake City, UT – Aces High Saloon
10/18 Boise, ID – The Shredder
10/19 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
10/20 Portland, OR – Dante’s
And:
11/8-9/24 (SE) Umea – House of Metal Festival
