Album Review: White Witch Canyon - White Witch Canyon [REISSUE]
Reviewed by Paul Elphick
White Witch Canyon were a three piece doom stoner band from Oakland California and this is a re-release of their debut album from 2008. The self-titled album, being released by Ripple Music as part of their "Beneath the Desert Floor" special series, was originally only release as 500 copy's on vinyl. The series is releasing doom/stoner records that were originally hard to find or originally small runs. A good idea for doom fans that want to pick up some treasures.
The band state Monster Magnet and Kyuss as their influences but the sound is pretty much more on the doom side of things. Distorted fuzz bass and guitar, hard hitting drums and almost Ozzy like vocals in places.
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To be honest it's all pretty run of the mill doom metal but more of a Sabbath groove rather than an Electric Wizard crawl. At times the over-distortion of the guitars seems to take something away from the songs but I guess it's more about the underground doom sound they were going for. Some of the songs do drift into Kyuss like territory, songs like 'Boom Goes the Dynamite' and 'Four Star Heretic', both of which are real highlights.
At the time this was considered an underground classic but listening back to it now it hasn't aged well to be honest. Still a pretty good record and sets it up nicely for Tim Narducci far superior band The Watchers, who are well worth checking out. One for doom/stoner purists who want to own a bit of doom metal history.
