***"Nuclear War Now! is proud to continue its longstanding allegiance with the legendary WITCHES HAMMER with the release of Devourer of the Dead, the band's second full-length album in as many years. Originally active in the fertile extreme metal scene of British Columbia during the second half of the 1980s, Witches Hammer developed its brand of Canadian speed metal during the same era and in the same place as such greats as Blasphemy and Procreation. That said, its initial period of activity, which ended in 1990, passed without the recording of a proper album. Instead, it resulted in what some might consider unfulfilled promise, with the release of three demo cassettes and a twelve-inch mini-LP. Almost thirty years later, original members MARCO BANCO (guitars) and RAYY CRUDE (vocals) decided to resurrect the band, which culminated in the 2020 release of its debut album, Damnation is My Salvation. This recording proved that Witches Hammer's intervening dormancy had done nothing to dull the blistering speed metal attack that had been so brilliantly pioneered decades earlier. Now, a little over one year later, the release of Devourer of the Dead reconfirms the band's strict adherence to its dogma of no compromise, no trends, and no fashion. Indeed, aside from the added clarity of an enhanced production level, Devourer… is a fruit of the same wicked root that burrowed its way insidiously into the Vancouver-area underground more than a generation ago. Composed of five brand-new tracks and three newly-recorded demo tracks from the band's...
CD $11.00
12/24/2021
LP $20.50
10/28/2022
***BACK IN STOCK!!! The first official album released by the Canadian speed metal legends, and the band’s first recording of any kind in over 30 years. Although they only released a few demos and a 12” EP during the band’s original active period (1984-1990), WITCHES HAMMER occupies a prominent place among the pantheon of Canadian Speed Metal masters. Witches Hammer’s name may not have been widely known during the band’s existence, but they were a crucial piece of the Vancouver extreme metal scene, most notably through their influence on the members of Blasphemy.
LP $19.25
07/10/2020
***Repress of the 2003 compilation of the first two demos from British Columbia’s first extreme metal band. Includes an extensive Witches Hammer biography that recounts the story of the band that laid the foundation upon which the infamous Ross Bay Cult would be built.
LP $19.95
05/03/2019
***Repress of the 2005 compilation of the Witches Hammer 12” EP and previously unreleased first and only full-length album. Evil speed metal madness from the first extreme metal band to arise from the storied scene of British Columbia in the mid-1980s.
LP $19.95
05/03/2019