Witchfinder General
Witchfinder General was an English heavy metal and doom metal band from Stourbridge. They were part of the new wave of British heavy metal and have been cited as a major influence on the doom metal genre. They were named after the 1968 British horror film Witchfinder General, itself based upon the infamous witchhunter known as Matthew Hopkins. The band's sound has been described as a "raw, post-Sabbath grind." AllMusic assessed that while Witchfinder General did not achieve the commercial or critical success of other bands from the new wave of British heavy metal, their influence on the emergence on doom metal could not be ignored.
Genre: uk-doom-metal, nwobhm, doom-metal
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- No Stayer
- Burning A Sinner
- R.I.P. (Live)
- Rabies
- Soviet Invasion
- Last Chance
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- R.I.P.
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- Witchfinder General
- No Stayer
- Death Penalty
- Free Country
- Invisible Hate
- Quietus Reprise
- I Lost You
- Shadowed Images
- Requiem for Youth
- Friends of Hell
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