Artist: BRIMSTONE COVEN
Album: BLACK MAGIC (CD)

Release date: 2016
EAN/UPS: 039841542721
Media type: CD

The name Brimstone Coven strikes a chord. At once, the moniker feels like something out of ‘60s occult scene and the music that was influenced by it over the next two decades, starting with but certainly not ending with Black Sabbath’s legendary debut. Fans of the Panhandle Staters have wo shipped the group’s heavy rock style ever since Brimstone Coven and its follow-up II were self-released in 2012 and 2013, respectively. With ears to the ground, Metal Blade heard the promise in Brimstone Coven, inked a deal, and packaged both releases as a single set, called Brimstone Coven in 2014. This was, of course, a set-up to the band’s first official Metal Blade longplayer in Black Magic, which will be one of 2016’s early highlights.

With songs like ‘Black Unicorn’, ‘Beyond the Astral’, ‘Upon the Mountain’, and ‘The Eldest Tree’, Black Magic is destined to rule. Not only because Brimstone Coven can sing their bloody hearts out either. This is an album that’s hard to forget. It begs to be played, over and over. The strange allure is there, as if Brimstone Coven are summoning from the depths, while at the same time giving a wink and a nod to the Phantasm and Suspiria themes. If there’s one thing Roth wants fans to walk away with after experiencing Black Magic it’s this: “I would love for them to feel as if they've taken a journey to places unknown, within their own minds and a strong desire to return often. Behold. Believe.”

TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:

01. Black Magic
02. Black Unicorn
03. Beyond the Astral
04. As We Fall
05. Upon the Mountain
06. Slow Death
07. The Seers
08. The Plague
09. Forsaken
10. The Eldest Tree