Well I got this one when I was pretty young, another piece of vinyl that I scored at The Record Ranch in Danville,Ky. Formed in 1981 and split after their only piece of vinyl in 1984. I was sucked in by this great cover photo and the great name. The look of the band really made me want to check it out, when I was 13. So when I got home I spun it on my crappy old record player and out came glorious metal sounds of WITCHKILLER, I was totally rocked. From the first song "Day of the Saxons", I was hooked for life. The opening lyrics to this one still get me excited and ready to head bang. I cant believe these dudes didn't go farther because this is really a great piece of music. Fans of NWOBHM and classic metal drool over this one for sure. Next is "Riders of doom" A heavy track with some great guitar and Douglas Lang Adams vocals are just fucking awesome. "Cry wolf" comes next with a lurching gallop, the perfect soundtrack for metal warfare. Next is "beg for mercy", certainly not my favorite track here, but better than alot I have heard,ha ha. Last but not least is"Penance for past sins" another slower heavy epic, with a hell of a punch and again some great lyrics. Good shit, get it! 1.day of the Saxons
2.riders of doom
3.cry wolf
4.beg for mercy
5.penance for past sins
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This is quite fucking good. I'll have to track down a copy someday. The vocals sound like the dude from Twisted Tower Dire. Or the other way around, I guess.
ReplyDeleteThey didnt call it quits after this EP. They changed vocalists, and released the LIZZY BORDEN demo in late 1984. They then changed names from Witchkiller to Victims, and released a self titled ep in 1985, which had a much more commercial sound. You can find them both on filestube.
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