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product_id: 15968297
title: "Death Penalty"
brand: "witchfinder general"
price: "AR$59551"
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# Death Penalty

**Brand:** witchfinder general
**Price:** AR$59551
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## Description

Witchfinder General formed in 1979 and were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWoBHM) movement during the early 1980s. They are strongly influenced by Black Sabbath, and are widely recognised today as one of the pioneers of the doom metal style. Their importance became acknowledged mostly after they disbanded. The band (minus vocalist Zeeb Parkes) reformed in November 2006, with new vocalist Gary Martin. In 2007 the band released Buried Amongst the Ruins, a compilation CD featuring the "Burning a Sinner" single, the Soviet Invasion EP, and four live tracks including a live version of the unreleased track "Phantasmagorical". Whilst stating they will not perform live again, the band are currently recording a new album, entitled Resurrected, which is likely to be finished in mid January 2008.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Classic NWOBHM album - Better than Black Sabbath
  

*by N***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2016*

If you are a fan of NWOBHM or DOOM, these guys are the masters of the genre. Hailing from the same home town as one of my other favorite NWOBHM bands Diamondhead. This album and "Death Penalty" are a must have. Some of my favorite tracks are "Invisible Hate", "Free Country", "R.I.P.", and "Witchfinder General". Phil Cope guitar playing is brilliant and Zeeb Parkes vocals are phenomenal. My only regret is that Zeeb left the band long before I had heard of them or would have a chance to see them perform live. I just wish there were more songs from this lineup of the band, I would buy the music in a heart beat. To Phil and Zeeb thank you for giving the gift of your music to rest of us.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An album worth owning
  

*by N***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2020*

Have loved this album from the first time I heard it, back in the 90's. I wish this was the original red pressing, but it is just regular black. The album is not amazing, but it has at least 2 songs on it that prompted me to add it to my vinyl collection. Gritty sounding band that you are either going to love or hate; there is no middle ground here!Album was in great shape and plays well.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Classic underground metal LP with not so great production
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2010*

Coventry's Witchfinder General were like the black sheep of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.  While most of the bands in the scene were pioneering an embryonic form of thrash metal consisting of sped-up Judas Priest and Motorhead song structures, these guys were still longingly clutching their 10-year-old Black Sabbath records and formed the band in 1979 as a means to create similar sounds of their own.While perhaps not in the league with the work of said Birmingham heavy metal progenitors, Witchfinder General's debut LP "Death Penalty," released in January 1982, has a few things going for it.  The overall spirit is one of drug-addled abandon (i.e., sex, drugs and rock & roll), a key facet of the sound to begin with.  The lyrics to "Free Country" drive this point home:  "Lines of speed on a mirror face/Sniff it up through a biro case."  These could be seen as a little tongue in cheek, that and the infamous LP sleeve photos of a beautiful naked blond woman before and after a pillaging by the Witchfinders.  With this all but banned cover art along with the overt drug references, "Death Penalty" remained something of a rare collectors item throughout the '80s and went unreleased on CD for much of the '90s.That said, to me there aren't as many standouts here as there would be on the follow-up but on the LP's B-side are two songs that are among the group's best ever, the first being "Witchfinder General," which I first heard on Lars Ulrich and Geoff Barton's 1990 "NWOBHM: '79 Revisited" compilation.  Totally vintage and catchy with a mindblowing riff interlude from guitarist Phil Cope.  Brilliant.  The other is "Burning a Sinner," a song along the same lines with a Sabbath-y song structure that really makes it effective and memorable.The main thing however that holds back most of this album from being truly great is the subpar production.  Normally I enjoy a really raw mix, but the drums here have a real "boxy" sound and the bass is very often buried in the background, something that really decreases my personal enjoyment level considerably.Still, a true collectors item indeed, and this CD reissue on Heavy Metal Records is choice.  It comes in a beautiful cardboard slipcase that is like having the original album sleeve and the disc itself is even a replica of the actual vinyl record.At the time of this writing this one has gone out of print once again and is becoming harder to find at a decent price on the internet.Yet, if you can overlook its flaws this album is still a cult classic and well worth hunting down.

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