The Catskills are a crazy place, man. You start playing nine pins with your favorite cronie, drink some ale, and BAM you fall asleep for two decades.
Then some crazy witch shows up and plays these tasty riffs in your brain and all is well.
I can’t speak to the validity of the above statements, but I am ready to speak of the track “Rip Van Winkle” by Witch. The band does not get creativty points for either track or band names, but they get bonus points for rocking out.
The song follows the “White Rabbit” motif of reinterpretting a favorite childhood story by adding musical context and loads of heavy riffs. It clocks it right under five minutes and starts sounding awesome as soon as you click play. Their whole album is stellar, but this track is a juicy nugget of moist metal that most people, young or old, will find something to headbang too. The psychedlic vocals and Sabbath-esque basslines fuel this avalanche into a flurry of solos and drum explosions that rally toward a fitting finale.
Enjoy!
Metal Riot
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