Band Line Up 2023

The calling of doom metal is not for the fly by night, or those who seek an easy path to glory. For those drawn to its flame, it is the awakening of Black Sabbath’s dark spirit through the music that is its own rich reward. And for those elites who truly walk the path of doom, it is a journey without end, a pilgrimage that eventually becomes part of the traveller’s very bones and spirit. 

For Hampshire doom metal maniacs Witchsorrow, it has become a life’s work. Formed by singer/guitarist Necroskull and bassist Emily Witch over a decade ago (later completed by drummer Wilbrahammer), and with a mission to celebrate the traditions of doom as practiced by such puritans as Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Electric Wizard, Saint Vitus, Trouble and Candlemass, their hymns to the void have earned them a place among the genre’s elite. 

Obsessed with doom, proudly upholding the heavy metal roots of the genre, and with a lyrical outlook that takes in madness, misanthropy, witchcraft, evil, and no less a topic than the destruction of the Earth itself, the trio are as much about the worship of doom as they are pouring scorn on a world of stupidity that wilfully runs ever faster towards its own demise. 

Quickly, on the back of the pessimistic scorn of 2012’s God Curse Us and No Light, Only Fire from 2015, the fire spread, with the band playing across the UK and Europe, including appearances at Desertfest, Bloodstock, Damnation, Stoned From The Underground, and an almighty set to a packed tent at Download. 

The band’s most recent album, 2018’s Hexenhammer (Candlelight/Spinefarm) was a triumph of doom worship and heavy metal mania. If the world needs a soundtrack to its madness, Witchsorrow have provided it. Heavier, darker, doomier, and more metal than ever before, one of doom’s leading lights are perfect for the interesting times in which we live. 

Bang your head. And beware the Hexenhammer.