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BURNING WITCHES Release Third Studio Album ‘Dance With The Devil’
March 6th, 2020

Brugg, Switzerland-based heavy metal band Burning Witches issued third full-length studio album Dance With The Devil on March 6th, 2020 through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was made available in the following formats: standard jewelcase CD, limited edition (1000 copies) digipak CD with bonus disc, double vinyl LP with two bonus tracks (black, red and yellow variants), and digital album.

The band commented: “The third album is of course a very important one but we felt very comfortable with that pressure; the band was a strong unit writing and recording the new songs. The idea behind Dance With The Devil is inspired by the famous Walpurgis night, the saga of the gathering of the witches in the middle ages! We thought this magic showdown on the Brocken mountain symbolically stands for strength and the friendship of the band, that’s why it’s the perfect title for the new album!”

Dance With The Devil marks the first Burning Witches album to feature lead vocalist Laura Guldemond (Shadowrise). The Dutch born singer replaced Seraina Telli, whose departure was officially confirmed on June 8th, 2019.

Included on the outing is a rendition of the Manowar track ‘Battle Hymn’, which features guest contributions from former Manowar guitarist Ross The Boss and Symphony X bassist Mike LePond.

Cover artwork was created by Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák and Destruction and Gomorra guitarist Damir Eskic, and can be viewed below.

The band stated: “Even before we had the album title, we knew that we wanted a cover design in the style of Ken Kelly, who did the legendary Kiss, Rainbow and Manowar covers. Our vision was to show the Burning Witches, larger than life, in this fantasy art style and with a special female touch. We love to work with the Hungarian artist Gyula and told him about our plan and he basically realised our dream of a very eye catching and energetic cover design! We hope our fans will enjoy it as much as we do!”

The track listing is as follows:

CD

01. ‘The Incantation’
02. ‘Lucid Nightmare’
03. ‘Dance With The Devil’
04. ‘Wings Of Steel’
05. ‘Six Feet Underground’
06. ‘Black Magic’
07. ‘Sea Of Lies’
08. ‘The Sisters Of Fate’
09. ‘Necronomicon’
10. ‘The Final Fight’
11. ‘Threefold Return’
12. ‘Battle Hymn’ (Manowar cover)

Digipak CD Bonus Disc

01. ‘Mansion In Darkness’ *
02. ‘Black Magic (Acoustic)’ *
03. ‘Executed (Live At Wacken 2019)’
04. ‘Open Your Mind (Live At Wacken 2019)’
05. ‘Hexenhammer (Live At Wacken 2019)’

* also available on the 2LP version

Burning Witches’ line-up was as follows:

Laura Guldemond (vocals, Shadowrise)
Romana Kalkuhl (guitar, Atlas & Axis)
Sonia Nusselder (guitar)
Jeanine Grob (bass)
Lala Frischknecht (drums)

Music videos were filmed for the title track and the song ‘Six Feet Underground’. In addition, official visualizer videos were released for the tracks ‘Wings Of Steel’ and ‘Sea Of Lies’. All four clips can be viewed below.

Second studio record Hexenhammer was released in November 2018.

Promotional photograph by Liné Hammett.

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