Released 20 years ago
Witch
Witch · 2006
40 min · 7 tracks · stoner rock
Fuzzed-out riffs lumber through psychedelic haze while high vocals and loose-limbed drums keep the music restless.
Top tracks — play these first
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Seer — The nearly eight-minute opener gives the band room to stretch a heavy riff into a hazy, slow-burning introduction.
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Soul of Fire — At under four minutes, it condenses the album's fuzz and urgent drumming into a more direct burst.
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Black Saint — Its weighty guitar sound and Thomas's high-register vocals show how the band balances doom-rock heft with a more airborne psychedelic feel.
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Rip Van Winkle — A literary reference lends the song a strange, old-world frame while the band drives it with a compact heavy-rock attack.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album features solid songwriting and production typical of stoner rock, with some standout moments and cohesive flow.
What we noticed
- The album opens with a heavy, distorted guitar riff that sets a slow, driving tempo for the first three tracks.
- Vocals are layered with reverb and often harmonized, creating a dense sound that complements the instrumentation.
- The final two tracks feature a noticeable shift in dynamics, with 'Hand of Glory' introducing a more subdued atmosphere before 'Isadora' closes the album with an extended instrumental section.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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8/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Seer 7:57
- 2 Soul of Fire 3:37
- 3 Black Saint 6:02
- 4 Changing 6:42
- 5 Rip Van Winkle 4:43
- 6 Hand of Glory 5:28
- 7 Isadora 6:00
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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