Wytchcraft

Adopting the Y spelling to differentiate themselves from several similarly-titled bands (including the excellent Swedish band Witchcraft), Germany's Wytchcraft formed in 1999 and have two self-financed releases to their credit, the most recent being their 2006 debut full-length album, the oddly titled I Taste Your Fucking Tears Of Sorrow. Considering that this is a self-released effort, the end result is impressive, classic doom done right with broad song structures and a surprisingly full production. The one question mark is the vocals -- simply put, Kai Tubbesing really doesn't possess a great voice, and his attempts at majestic doom singing occasionally fall flat. At times he adopts an almost death-ish growl which is somewhat more effective, though his voice still isn't commanding as one might expect from this style of music. Thankfully he doesn't often try to overextend himself, and at his best his voice has an engaging, NWOBHM rawness that fits the riffs well enough. Vocals aside, this is well-done doom metal, and even with the vocal shortcomings this is a recommended album. The band appears to be inactive at this point.

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