Graveyard Thunder, by Witching Altar/Bottomless

Graveyard Thunder

by Witching Altar/Bottomless

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1.	Witching Altar - The Sadness 04:45	lyrics	buy track
The shadow of my life The demon that's always near Keeps dragging me to the outbreak That will make me disappear To vanish from the living To walk the dead men's road Detaching from humankind I disown this empty world Oh Lord, please cease your love There's no more soul to pity for, your mercy is undone Here I stand, shivering with empty eyes Naked body, fear and falling tears The panopticon of my life must be blind An eternal plead of chaos inside me And after all the endeavors The void keeps growing wide Engulfing all the pleasures That kept my heart alive I deny what their pattern means I defy, I hate, I don't belong here
2.	Witching Altar - Silence at the Cross 06:24	lyrics	buy track
Must have been months since the splendor of your light Blessed the austere heads of the righteous and believers They are still here, heroes of the deep Mumbling old void prayers full of despair They are the body of desperation Forsaken corpses stranded lifelessly Unfit to reach the only thing that makes us all human They cannot Love Deniers of life lusting for an early grave The epitome of a fragile faith Dead gods are standing guard beside your tainted soul Ancient and engulfed by black mold The martyrs of the absolute none, His silence deafens us all Feeble and forgotten by the dawn Searching for the accurate light, I find myself diving Into a sea of utter blight, leaving He behind me Pleasures and the endless growth are now my only goal Disrupt the chains of false hope - no masters from beyond!
3.	Witching Altar - The Crypts Below 08:48	lyrics	buy track
Concealing into darkness Beneath the ruins of the city Like vermin they spread Impure and odd their affairs They bow before forgotten gods The Devil in ancient forms A cult, degenerated race And madness shall lead their ways Then crawl into the crypts below The servants of Satan They take our women and children To sacrifice and to rape With fervor we prayed To find a way to fight them We gathered all the puritans, an army of God made with a dozen Baptized in hate, to strike the lair of the serpent men Inheritance of evil They spend their souls with lust and doom Desecration among the tombs A carnage made of death entwined in gloom Wickedness primeval, Luciferian work Confront with demons from the damnation holes Infernal upheaval, Luciferian work Half men, half demons; they crawl into the crypts below
4.	Bottomless - Burning the Vampire 06:49		buy track
5.	Bottomless - Lightning in the Realms of Death 06:27		buy track
6.	Bottomless - Shadows Call 05:58		buy track

about

After the release of their last EP "Morningstar", harbingers of damnation Witching Altar return with another piece of crushing, unmerciful and darkening DOOM METAL!

This time for a split album along with torchbearers of true Italian Heavy/Doom Metal Bottomless.

"GRAVEYARD THUNDER" is out bow on LP and CD via Dying Victims Productions (GER).

! DOOM METAL IS STILL DEAD - WE REMAIN JUST STUBBORN GHOSTS !

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"Original promo statement by Dying Victims Productions:

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present Graveyard Thunder, a special split album between BOTTOMLESS and WITCHING ALTAR, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Graveyard Thunder is aptly titled, for it brings together two cult doom metal bands, each offering three exclusive new tracks for a total of 40 minutes of bewitching, bottom-heavy sound. BOTTOMLESS are likely familiar to those following the dark deeds of DYING VICTIMS, for the Italians released their second album, The Banishing, through the label last summer. While they largely stick to their tried & true template of classic Candlemass, Trouble, and Solitude Aeternus, there’s a certain silkiness to their entry here. “Soothing” is a strange misnomer, but not entirely inaccurate; slicked-up doom this is definitely NOT. Rather, one could maybe point to the almost-hushed haunting tones of Blue Öyster Cult’s “Burning for You” and indeed even “Don’t Fear the Reaper” as extrapolated touchstones for BOTTOMLESS’ velvety rumble on their three tracks – a unique and ultimately awesome development from this increasingly potent bunch.

WITCHING ALTAR complement their split-mates well, for they’re just as – if not more! – entrenched in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. And while the Brazilians had been on something of a hiatus until last year’s surprise release of the Morningstar EP, any new WITCHING ALTAR material is cause for celebration. Thankfully, no great changes have been made to their sound: always and forever, Ozzy-era Black Sabbath and oldest Pentagram form their foundation, fleshed out by the likes of Witchfinder General, Pagan Altar, and Count Raven. Maniacal DOOM METAL traditionalism for traditional doom metal maniacs, WITCHING ALTAR nevertheless inject their own spooky personality to proceedings, particularly on the titanic “The Crypts Below.”

Graveyard Thunder rolls! "

credits

released September 27, 2024

Facts relating to the recording of this instrument of blasphemy are listed as follows:

I. All songs were written by T. Witchlover and Peter Vitus;
II. All lyrics were written by T. Witchlover;
III. All guitars and bass were performed and recorded by Peter Vitus at Bacamarte Studios (Recife - Brazil);
IV. All voices were performed by T. Witchlover. The recordings took place at Vamachara Homeless Studio (Brasilia - Brazil) and Bacamarte Studios;
V. The drums were performed by Hector Ricardo and recorded at Bacamarte Studios;
VI. The mixing and mastering process took place at Bacamarte Studios under the iron whip of Peter Vitus, with insights and shady advice by T. Witchlover;
VII. Everything were written and recorded between late 2023 and early 2024;
VIII. Cover art by Welt;
IX. T. and Peter would like to sincerely thank everyone who are still with them throughout all those miserable years. You are the true flame! Also to master Iommi, just because...