Year: 1983

Country: UK

Label: Heavy Metal

Catalog#: HMR XD13

Style: Hard Rock, Doom Metal, Stoner Rock, NWOBHM

Audio: flac

Size: 276 mb



Witchfinder General "Friends of Hell" reissue CD. "U.K. NWOBHM (New wave of British Heavy Metal) band are more or less pretty obscure to the mainstream nowadays. Unfortunately, the band broke up after 2 album releases. Their brand of classic metal and DOOM metal is still refreshing to hear today- one could classify them as very- BLACK SABBATH-Like (Ozzy-era). Witchfinder General still have a HUGE cult following in the metal music scene, and their original vinyl releases are very sought after by collectors!



Between the raw Black Sabbath influences and its silly cover featuring another bunch of scantily clad models in medieval garb, Witchfinder General's second album, Friends of Hell, is very similar to its predecessor. Most of the songs navigate familiar Sabbath territory with special kudos going to the extended outro jam of "Quietus Reprise," and the memorable alternating riffs of "Love on Smack" and the title track. The intro drum beat of "Last Chance" is lifted straight out of "Iron Man," but the band's two hit single attempts, "Music" and "I Lost You," fall absolutely flat.



Zeeb Parkes (vocals)

Phil Cope (guitars)

Graham Ditchfield (drums)

Rod Hawkes (bass)



1 Love on Smack 4:14

2 Last Chance 3:53

3 Music 3:08

4 Friends of Hell 6:05

5 Requiem for Youth 4:35

6 Shadowed Images 4:20

7 I Lost You 2:56

8 Quietus Reprise 6:27