Available now. Gaining quite the reputation in underground doom metal circles from their self-titled demo last year and a good handful of live appearances on the West Coast, BELL WITCH (solely comprised of basisst/vocalist Dylan Desmond, also of Samothrace fame, and drummer/vocalist Adrian Guerra) easily became known as one of the heaviest sounding doom metal bands in America today (testimonials were also given on the band’s recent U.S. tour), especially considering the waves of crushing overbearing doom come from a band that only have bass, drums, and vocals at their disposal. 'Longing' is about as bleak of a sonic picture as a doom metal album can get. This is a time-stretching album (which features guest vocals by Erik Moggridge of Aerial Ruin on the track ‘Rows’) that depicts sadness, suffering, and despondency like none other. Through Desmond’s down-tuned bass pulsations along with his lamentations that work in conspiracy with Guerra’s warhammers and his cavernous growls, 'Longing' is an epic work that will become realized as that emotional sledgehammer of self-reflection and despair.
Available now. BELL WITCH is a minimalist doom two-piece from Seattle comprised of ADRIAN GUERRA and DYLAN DESMOND (of SAMOTHRACE fame). With only the bare minimum at their disposal, the duo’s massive, crushing soundscapes are executed with just bass, drums and dual-vocal pummel. Uniquely sorrowful, its sound as close to Skepticism as it is to Codeine, their debut full-length Longing is an hour and ten minutes of doomed desolation, sadness and sorrow—a time-stretching journey through darkness, pain and suffering. Originally released on CD by Profound Lore Records, the album was one of the most important doom albums of 2012, Longing has since become an influential sorrowful doomed classic. Longing is packaged in a thick, old-style case-wrapped gatefold jacket with with printed inner sleeves. “…a spacious approach that affects the entire nervous system.” - Pitchfork “Bell Witch have crafted an utterly beautiful and admirable debut” Sputnik Music “This record is unrelenting” Cvltnation “The album is not for those who want good vibes from their music” Lambgoat
October 23 street date. A doom metal triumph for the ages Now on vinyl, packaged in gatefold jacket with digital download code. Seattle funeral / death doom act Bell Witch made a massive impact with their debut Longing, hailed as one of 2012’s finest doom metal albums. In the aftermath of its release, the duo (bass, drums and vocals) toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, generating even more notoriety within the scene. Their much-anticipated new full-length Four Phantoms, recorded and engineered by the legendary and respected Billy Anderson (Agalloch, Pallbearer, Leviathan, Neurosis, Melvins), is Bell Witch’s most crushing work yet. The band takes their sound further into the realms of soul-destroying heaviness, with intricate song structures that display finely honed compositional skills. The band’s most accomplished and crushing work to date. For fans of classic extreme death / doom metal such as Asunder, Thergothon, Skepticism, Mournful Congregation.
June 23 street date. In summer of 2015, Seattle’s doom fixtures Bell Witch released Four Phantoms on Profound Lore Records, the highly anticipated followup to the band’s now-classic 2012 debut full-length Longing. But Longing was not the band’s first effort. Bell Witch initially made their presence known in the US doom scene with a well-received demo in 2011. At 37 minutes, this recording is a massive statement of purpose and far-eclipsed its “demo” status as implied by the name. Recorded by Brandon Fitzsimons (Wormwood), the same engineer behind Longing, Demo 2011 showcases Bell Witch’s heavy yet minimalist sound now lauded as timeless, relevant and undeniably sorrowful. The Flenser is proud to unleash this new pressing of a classic moment in contemporary US doom. Artwork by the band’s own Adrian Guerra is presented in an updated layout and more sustainable package than the initial (and now sold out) pressing on Germany’s Psychic Assault Records. Limited to 600 copies.
October 23 street date. A doom metal triumph for the ages Now on vinyl, packaged in gatefold jacket with digital download code. Seattle funeral / death doom act Bell Witch made a massive impact with their debut Longing, hailed as one of 2012’s finest doom metal albums. In the aftermath of its release, the duo (bass, drums and vocals) toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, generating even more notoriety within the scene. Their much-anticipated new full-length Four Phantoms, recorded and engineered by the legendary and respected Billy Anderson (Agalloch, Pallbearer, Leviathan, Neurosis, Melvins), is Bell Witch’s most crushing work yet. The band takes their sound further into the realms of soul-destroying heaviness, with intricate song structures that display finely honed compositional skills. The band’s most accomplished and crushing work to date. For fans of classic extreme death / doom metal such as Asunder, Thergothon, Skepticism, Mournful Congregation.
October 20 street date. Seattle duo’s follow-up to acclaimed album Four Phantoms from 2015! Produced by Billy Anderson (Sleep, Melvins, Neurosis, Pallbearer, Red House Painters, etc.) With their third full-length album Mirror Reaper, Seattle doom metal duo Bell Witch have created their most enormous and all-encompassing work to date. The band takes their blueprint for minimalistic, mournful, yet massive sound and expands it to a new level, doing the unthinkable in the genre: a continuous 83-minute piece unfolding as a single time-stretching track. Once again engineered and mixed by veteran producer Billy Anderson (who claims this as one of the milestones in his entire producing career) the duo of Dylan Desmond (bass, vocals) and Jesse Shreibman (drums, vocals, organ) push the sound even further beyond their landmark 2015 album, the genre-defining Four Phantoms. With organ adding a new layer, the album also sees honorary member and guest vocalist Erik Moogridge (Aerial Ruin) return once again offering an even more prominent presence with his vocals. The doom metal album to push all boundaries: a single 83 minute track—a milestone in the genre! (Look for them on TOUR!)
October 20 street date. Seattle duo’s follow-up to acclaimed album Four Phantoms from 2015! Produced by Billy Anderson (Sleep, Melvins, Neurosis, Pallbearer, Red House Painters, etc.) With their third full-length album Mirror Reaper, Seattle doom metal duo Bell Witch have created their most enormous and all-encompassing work to date. The band takes their blueprint for minimalistic, mournful, yet massive sound and expands it to a new level, doing the unthinkable in the genre: a continuous 83-minute piece unfolding as a single time-stretching track. Once again engineered and mixed by veteran producer Billy Anderson (who claims this as one of the milestones in his entire producing career) the duo of Dylan Desmond (bass, vocals) and Jesse Shreibman (drums, vocals, organ) push the sound even further beyond their landmark 2015 album, the genre-defining Four Phantoms. With organ adding a new layer, the album also sees honorary member and guest vocalist Erik Moogridge (Aerial Ruin) return once again offering an even more prominent presence with his vocals. The doom metal album to push all boundaries: a single 83 minute track—a milestone in the genre! (Look for them on TOUR!)
June 9 street date. “Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate”, the most anticipated death/funeral doom metal release of 2023, is the long-awaited BELL WITCH follow-up to 2017’s landmark “Mirror Reaper” LP. With “Mirror Reaper”, BELL WITCH set a landmark within doom metal (within the death/funeral doom corner of the genre) and with “The Clandestine Gate”, BELL WITCH have gone even more into the beyond with their new LP with another new milestone that will set new standards once again within the genre, their most triumphant achievement yet. “The Clandestine Gate” is the first in a three part movement called “Future’s Shadow” and presents itself in the same format as “Mirror Reaper”; a single 86-minute all encompassing, masterful overpowering track making BELL WITCH the most singular artist within the genre of doom metal. With “The Clandestine Gate” being BELL WITCH’s most towering album to date, this will also align itself for fans of similar artists within death/funeral doom metal such as Evoken, Mournful Congregation, Skepticism, Shape Of Despair, Thergothon and Esoteric.
June 9 street date. “Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate”, the most anticipated death/funeral doom metal release of 2023, is the long-awaited BELL WITCH follow-up to 2017’s landmark “Mirror Reaper” LP. With “Mirror Reaper”, BELL WITCH set a landmark within doom metal (within the death/funeral doom corner of the genre) and with “The Clandestine Gate”, BELL WITCH have gone even more into the beyond with their new LP with another new milestone that will set new standards once again within the genre, their most triumphant achievement yet. “The Clandestine Gate” is the first in a three part movement called “Future’s Shadow” and presents itself in the same format as “Mirror Reaper”; a single 86-minute all encompassing, masterful overpowering track making BELL WITCH the most singular artist within the genre of doom metal. With “The Clandestine Gate” being BELL WITCH’s most towering album to date, this will also align itself for fans of similar artists within death/funeral doom metal such as Evoken, Mournful Congregation, Skepticism, Shape Of Despair, Thergothon and Esoteric.
July 10 street date. The debut collaboration album from doom metal giants Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin (the solo folk project of singer/songwriter Erik Moggridge), under the moniker of Stygian Bough is a culmination of the work of both artists as witnessed previously on Bell Witch's three full length albums, where Moggrdige has contributed guest vocals. With each succeeding Bell Witch release, one has seen Moggridge's involvement with the band developing, growing and getting more elaborate. This release, produced by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Wolves In The Throne Room, Anna Von Hausswolff), follows up Bell Witch's colossal "Mirror Reaper" opus with Moggrdige actually being involved in the creative and writing process with the band duo of Dylan Desmond (bass/vocals) and Jesse Shreibman (drums/synthesizers/vocals). Not only does Stygian Bough expand and broaden this alliance between the artists, but with Aerial Ruin contributing to the songwriting of this dedicated collaboration and incorporating his signature and alluring style of emotionally-driven folk, along with taking the lead vocal position, adding to the band's caliber of unearthly towering doom, this album becomes its own singular, unparalleled doom metal entity.
July 10 street date. The debut collaboration album from doom metal giants Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin (the solo folk project of singer/songwriter Erik Moggridge), under the moniker of Stygian Bough is a culmination of the work of both artists as witnessed previously on Bell Witch's three full length albums, where Moggrdige has contributed guest vocals. With each succeeding Bell Witch release, one has seen Moggridge's involvement with the band developing, growing and getting more elaborate. This release, produced by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Wolves In The Throne Room, Anna Von Hausswolff), follows up Bell Witch's colossal "Mirror Reaper" opus with Moggrdige actually being involved in the creative and writing process with the band duo of Dylan Desmond (bass/vocals) and Jesse Shreibman (drums/synthesizers/vocals). Not only does Stygian Bough expand and broaden this alliance between the artists, but with Aerial Ruin contributing to the songwriting of this dedicated collaboration and incorporating his signature and alluring style of emotionally-driven folk, along with taking the lead vocal position, adding to the band's caliber of unearthly towering doom, this album becomes its own singular, unparalleled doom metal entity.
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