New Label To Burn One To: WITCH HUNTER RECORDS

Featured Label: WITCH HUNTER RECORDS

Witch Hunter Records is a small independent label from Nottingham concentrating on limited runs of good looking releases, with an emphasis on d.i.y values and pay what you want downloads, catering to fans of hardcore, sludge, doom, stoner, punk and alternative music.

Witch Hunter Records is run by Chris Kaye. Chris used to play guitar in Cape Canaveral and Bumsnogger. He also used to put on gigs at The Old Angel in Nottingham as part of the Junior Showtime Collective, which put on such bands as Orange Goblin, Beecher, Send More Paramedics, Narcosis, Taint and Mistress. After a 5 year self-imposed hiatus, to concentrate on more important things (wife & kids), this is his way of getting involved and putting something back into a great underground scene.

The label has a ton of killer bands on their roster such as Trippy Wicked, Iron Witch, Knife Crimes and yesterday's "New Band To Burn One To", Limb.

Do yourself a favor and check this label out. Many of the releases are available on Bandcamp with many being either a free download or "name your price". 

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New Band To Burn One To (Morning Buzz): Widows

The Morning Buzz edition of "New Band To Burn One To" today features Widows.

Bio:

Formed in 2008, Widows came together from the ashes of various bands around the Nottingham heavy music scene. Initially formed by James Kidd and Adam Jolliffe in an attempt to move on from playing metal and get back to their classic/stoner rock roots, they demoed the band’s 1st EP in its entirety on a home recording set up before even getting into a rehearsal studio. Picking up drummer Steve Mellor and bassist Evan Christodoulou across the next few months, Widows evolved into a serious undertaking and began gigging in 2009. The debut EP ‘Raise the Monolith’ was recorded in August 2009 and self released later that year before being picked up by Bad News Records and released with worldwide distribution in July 2010.

Taken under the wing of Desert Scene.co.uk promoters, Widows have played with a number of great bands on the stoner scene like Atomic Bitchwax, Nebula, and Truckfighters and are currently organising tours in the UK and Europe to promote themselves further n raise their profile.

Due to work and family commitments, Evan had to depart the fold in Feb 2011 but has promptly been replaced by Ste Birch (formerly of Millicent Grove) who joined up just in time for the new album.
Widows are currently in the studio recording their debut full length CD ‘Death Valley Duchess’, slated for release in early October, look out for updates on their web pages including the album recording blog on their MySpace page.

"Here is your Friday morning wake-up call people! Widows is a Stoner/Sludge band from Nottingham, UK. These dudes smack you upside the head with a pissed off attitude and a southern swagger. Kick-ass riffs, steamroller grooves, grimey vocals, and unpredictability in an otherwise cliched genre make Widows a band to definitely keep an ear out for. Give me more!"

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