Bell Witch
The Thomas House
December 14th
Seattle doom metal duo, BELL WITCH, have confirmed a European tour - during which they will play their 2017 album, Mirror Reaper, in full. The 83-minute opus was released via Profound Lore to widespread acclaim.
Although the band have played part of Mirror Reaper live at previous shows, the full album has only been performed once in full, at this year's Roadburn Festival - complete with visuals created by Taylor Bednarz, and vocals from Aerial Ruin's Erik Moggridge. This full scale performance will be replicated in its entirety at a number of special, seated shows across Europe at the end of the year.
The band comments:
"We performed the first half of Mirror Reaper this past April in much of Europe, and we're very excited to return and perform the album in it's entirety. This will feature Erik Moggridge of Aerial Ruin performing in the second half of the song with us. It's humbling to have gotten such a positive reaction to this album from so many people."
In late 2017, director, Taylor Bednarz, created a feature-length music video to accompany the Mirror Reaper album. The film is a video collage comprised of dozens of archival films. Each of these clips are woven together with the album to build a patient, heavy, and haunting narrative. The film aims to hold the viewer in the state of a lucid dream, feeling trapped as a specter drifting through places of darkness. All shows on the tour will be performed in front of theMirror Reaper film.
Formed by Desmond and ex-drummer/vocalist Adrian Guerra, BELL WITCHreleased their first self-titled demo in 2011 and partnered with Profound Lore Records for their debut album, Longing, in 2012. The duo’s second LP, the acclaimed Four Phantoms (2015) was recognized as one of doom metal’s triumphs of the year. The band extensively toured in North America and Europe, securing notable festival appearances (Roadburn, Basilica Soundscape, Sled Island, Psycho CA).
Released by Profound Lore in October, Mirror Reaper was engineered and mixed by veteran producer Billy Anderson (Swans, Sleep, Neurosis), the duo of Dylan Desmond (bass, vocals) and Jesse Shreibman (drums, vocals, organ) have pushed the band’s sound further beyond their landmark 2015 LP, Four Phantoms offering up one continuous, eighty-three-minute piece unfolding as a single track. While retaining the colossal heaviness of their previous releases, Mirror Reaper sees the band explore the more meditative, melancholy, and introspective aspects to their sound through the introduction of long, lonely organ passages and the return of vocalist Erik Moggridge (Aerial Ruin), offering a prominent presence.
The Thomas House
December 14th
Seattle doom metal duo, BELL WITCH, have confirmed a European tour - during which they will play their 2017 album, Mirror Reaper, in full. The 83-minute opus was released via Profound Lore to widespread acclaim.
Although the band have played part of Mirror Reaper live at previous shows, the full album has only been performed once in full, at this year's Roadburn Festival - complete with visuals created by Taylor Bednarz, and vocals from Aerial Ruin's Erik Moggridge. This full scale performance will be replicated in its entirety at a number of special, seated shows across Europe at the end of the year.
The band comments:
"We performed the first half of Mirror Reaper this past April in much of Europe, and we're very excited to return and perform the album in it's entirety. This will feature Erik Moggridge of Aerial Ruin performing in the second half of the song with us. It's humbling to have gotten such a positive reaction to this album from so many people."
In late 2017, director, Taylor Bednarz, created a feature-length music video to accompany the Mirror Reaper album. The film is a video collage comprised of dozens of archival films. Each of these clips are woven together with the album to build a patient, heavy, and haunting narrative. The film aims to hold the viewer in the state of a lucid dream, feeling trapped as a specter drifting through places of darkness. All shows on the tour will be performed in front of theMirror Reaper film.
Formed by Desmond and ex-drummer/vocalist Adrian Guerra, BELL WITCHreleased their first self-titled demo in 2011 and partnered with Profound Lore Records for their debut album, Longing, in 2012. The duo’s second LP, the acclaimed Four Phantoms (2015) was recognized as one of doom metal’s triumphs of the year. The band extensively toured in North America and Europe, securing notable festival appearances (Roadburn, Basilica Soundscape, Sled Island, Psycho CA).
Released by Profound Lore in October, Mirror Reaper was engineered and mixed by veteran producer Billy Anderson (Swans, Sleep, Neurosis), the duo of Dylan Desmond (bass, vocals) and Jesse Shreibman (drums, vocals, organ) have pushed the band’s sound further beyond their landmark 2015 LP, Four Phantoms offering up one continuous, eighty-three-minute piece unfolding as a single track. While retaining the colossal heaviness of their previous releases, Mirror Reaper sees the band explore the more meditative, melancholy, and introspective aspects to their sound through the introduction of long, lonely organ passages and the return of vocalist Erik Moggridge (Aerial Ruin), offering a prominent presence.
