BEWITCHED
Pentagram Prayer (Bone Vinyl)

Originally released in 1996, Diabolical Desecration was BEWITCHED's debut album, and arguably the band's rawest and rowdiest recording. On this album, Katatonia's Blackheim made his only full-length performance, sharing vocals and guitars with Ancient Wisdom's Vargher, who'd then continue on as the band's primary vocalist/guitarist. Still fun ‘n' fiery as the day it was released, Diabolical Desecration can be neatly summed up with its opening track: “Hard as Steel (Fast as Hell)”!

Originally released in 2002, Rise of the Antichrist is perhaps BEWITCHED's most classics-minded album. Beginning as it does with a reverentially Celtic Frost-styled riff, this is the band at their darkest and deathly – if by “deathly,” we're talking truly ‘80s death metal, back before gore and riff salads took over the scene! It's all very rocking, as had been BEWITCHED's evolution, but even the wetter, more reverbed production screams mid ‘80s…UNGH!