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░ ██ ██ Artist: Witchwood ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Handful of Stars █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-04-16 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Jolly Roger Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ In 2014, from the ashes of the cult band Buttered █
█ Bacon Biscuits (BBB), were born the Witchwood █
█ which released in 2010 "From the Solitary Woods", █
█ distribuited by "Black Widow Records" and █
█ positively reviewed by many italian and foreign █
█ music magazines and websites. To support that █
█ album BBB played in many gigs around Italy, also █
█ supporting important bands like Uriah Heep, Jethro █
█ Tull, Bud Spencer Blues Explosion, etc. They also █
█ released in 2013 ôA National Acrobatö cover for █
█ the Black Sabbath tribute ôHands of Doomö for Mag █
█ Music Production. After the BBB split, some █
█ members of the band, Ricky, Andy, Steve and Sam, █
█ have decided, with the entry of new member Luca █
█ Celotti on bass, to start a new project, █
█ Witchwood. All musicians active for decades, with █
█ past recording experience and collaborations with █
█ artists like Martin Grice (Delirium) and Nik █
█ Turner (Hawkwind). Debut "Litanies from the woods" █
█ is the result of 2 years of composition, long and █
█ hard rehersal and recording sessions and is out █
█ for Jolly Roger Records in May 2015 on Cd and █
█ Digital and October 2015 on 2 Lp. With the █
█ considerable lenght of 78 minutes the album █
█ features ten tracks and is a long journey from █
█ hard rock 70's, to progressive, psych, southern █
█ rock and blues and receives excellent reviews both █
█ from Italian and foreign press, and also very good █
█ selling-results (Cd second run, 500 double Lps █
█ near to sold out in few months). Recently █
█ Witchwood were voted as "best emerging band in █
█ 2015" for Rock Hard (Ita) Magazine and reached the █
█ final in the Wacken Metal Battle competition. █
█ "Handful of Stars" features 3 brand new tracks █
█ written for this release, 2 covers ("Flaming █
█ Telepath" of Blue Oyster Cult e "Rainbow Demon" of █
█ Uriah Heep, a sort of homage and tribute to these █
█ two great bands, so important for Witchwood's █
█ musical journey) and an unreleased version of █
█ suite "Handful of Stars" (from "Litanies from the █
█ Woods") with a new breathless intro, for 45 █
█ minutes of music. "Handful of Stars" is the right █
█ way to celebrate the appreciations received for █
█ the debut album, to present new guitarist Antonino █
█ Stella, valued session-man and longtime Ricky's █
█ friend. █
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░ 1. Presentation: Under the Willow 1:06 ░
░ 2. Like a Giant in a Cage 7:39 ░
░ 3. A Grave is the River 6:44 ░
░ 4. Mother 7:17 ░
░ 5. Flaming Telepaths 6:02 ░
░ 6. Rainbow Demon 4:10 ░
░ 7. Handful of Stars 12:13 ░
░ 45:11 ░
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