Margarita Witch Cult - Strung Out In Hell (Album Review)

 

Release Date: July 18th 2025. Record Label:Heavy Psych Sounds. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Strung Out In Hell - Tracklisting

1.Crawl Home To Your Coffin

2.Scream Bloody Murder 

3.Conqueror Worm

4.Witches Candle 

5.White Wedding (Billy Idol cover)

6.Mars Rover

7.Dig Your Way Out

8.The Fool

9.Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm

Members

Scott Abbott - Vocals & Guitars

James Brown - Bass, Vocals, Synth, Mellotron, Guitars

George Caswell - Drums & Vocals

Review

Well, Margarita Witch Cult actually did it. They actually FUCKING did it. They’ve released an absolute unmissable record with their second album Strung Out In Hell. They may have actually made a deal with SATAN himself. This record flat out rocks with its spectacular use of Fuzz, Doom, Psych, Sludge and Stoner Metal surroundings. Throw in a contemporary style of Heavy Metal with a seedy level of fun that allows the band to grow out of the shadows from their musical heroes in creating their own style of Distorted Fuzz Metal with a sense of Psychedelic danger lurking in the midst.

Margarita Witch Cult received some great acclaim with their 2023 self titled record but the band aim for BIGGER, HEAVIER and FUZZIER movements that delivers with a sense of classic NWOBHM and PROTO METAL throwback energy whilst keeping with a seedy modern flow. The record opens with Crawl Home To Your Coffin, Scream Bloody Murder and Conqueror Worm which sees a dark POPPY effect being added whilst adding some much needed classic HARD ROCK grit with a sense of SATANIC quality appearing with the vocals and lyrics. 

The record is downright mean in places but all done in the best possible DEVIL ROCK taste with a classic style of AMPLIFIER HEAVINESS paying homage to the likes of Saint Vitus, Black Sabbath and Electric Wizard. With Uncle Acid sadly missing in action recently, Margarita Witch Cult are more than capable of taking their place with the standout tracks of Conqueror Worm and WItches Candle conjuring up a shit-ton of demonic based grooves down your spine.

Though, I’m going to say one of my favourite tracks on the album is a brilliant cover of the Billy Idol classic track White Wedding. Sure, this song has been covered multiple times before but this is one of the best versions I’ve heard of that track. As Margarita Witch Cult make it their own by adding multiple layers of GLOOMY feedback with that SATANIC presence whilst keeping the core essence of the original track. The screeching guitars and kick-ass vocals is PURE DYNAMITE.

The second half of the album does become quite spaced out with SYNTHS and MELLOTRON appearing out of nowhere which does add a true WTF crazed energy to the whole album though Margarita Witch Cult keep on the right side of Doom/Stoner Metal credibility. Songs such as Mars Rover, Dig Your Way Out and Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm generate a ton of seedy instrumental passages and highly energetic aggressive melodies that crackle with violent FUZZ ROCK attitude for the underground masses to fully appreciate.

Strung Out In Hell is the type of record that could elevate Margarita Witch Cult to greater heights against fellow Occult Doom Rockers GREEN LUNG in the next twelve months or so. The band are working with the amazing Heavy Psych Sounds again and it’s a perfect fit with this album being expertly produced with the right amount of Doomed Out coming for you at all angles for a record that’s on course to be considered on of the best underground albums of the year.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the promo.

Strung Out In Hell is available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Heavy Psych Sounds.

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Album Premiere of 1782 - FROM THE GRAVEYARD

"From The Graveyard" is the second full length of the Occult Doom band "1782". In this album there is a leap in quality as the production is much better than the previous releases.Eight tracks and 43 minutes of pure dark Doom, with slow and powerful riffs, and heavy and massive drumming.

After the recording of "Doom Sessions Vol.2", the band immediately enters the studio and records the heaviest tracks they have done so far, and they have done it while maintaining that catchy state they have always had. Here too there are featurings, Nico Sechi on organ (Hammond in "1782" and "Celestial Voices" in the debut album) and Alfredo Carboni's Synth.

As in the eponymous debut album, the artwork was done by the mighty SSCVLT.
"From The Graveyard" was recorded, mixed and mastered in November 2020 by Alfredo Carboni at "RKS Studios" in Ossi, Sardinia (Italy).

You can hear FROM THE GRAVEYARD in all it's Occult/Doom/Stoner Metal glory below with this cool as hell premiere. Thanks to the cool folks over at Heavy Psych Sounds Records and Purple Sage PR.

From The Graveyard will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Heavy Psych Sounds Records from March 26th 2021.

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1782 - From The Graveyard (Album Review)

Release date: March 26th 2021. Label: Heavy Psych Sounds. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

From The Graveyard – Tracklisting

1.Evocationis (intro)
2.The Chosen One
3.Bloodline
4.Black Void
5.Inferno
6.Priestess Of Death
7.Seven Priests
8.In Requiem

Members

Marco Nieddu – Vocals, Guitar
Gabriele Fancellu – Drums
Francesco Pintore – Bass 

Review

Greetings all,

Way back in 2019, it seems like a lifetime, but only a couple years back, the band 1782 came out of nowhere unleashing their monstrous self titled debut. It was one of my absolute favorite albums of that year. The Italian doom titans return this year with their even more impressive, louder follow up. I couldn't be more excited.

The band's ominous style of pure doom sounds even more relevant and unnerving now with things the way they are.

From the graveyard is loaded with monstrous riff upon monstrous riff. I was reminded on quite a few occasions of early Electric Wizard. The band's sound, while of the traditional doom sense, is straight forward and intense. This new record is a step up production wise from their first. Although I'm not always a fan of that, as I dig lo-fi production myself, it serves the band well. Also, the band has expanded from a duo to a full fledged power trio. From the graveyard is full of dark lyrical imagery when coupled with the band's equally dark and heavy sound it quickly sends the listener to the darkest corners of our mind, right where we want to be.

The album opens with the intro/Evocations, a brief, but ominous set of church bells tolling. The record then explodes into The Chosen One with a big blast of fuzzed out riffage. The onslaught continues with Bloodline. The song opens with an ominous bass intro that brings the drums and fuzz guitar to full bloom. The impressive Black Void follows. Soaked in feedback and a slow drum and bass opening that brings this lumbering behemoth to life, rocking to the point when a dark moody organ solo quiets this beast. Up next is the riff heavy Inferno that pummels to a breakdown then comes back from the dead to finish the job. 

Priestess of Death brings a monstrous repetitive riff that is as fiery as it is hypnotic. Seven Priests carries the torch with a heavy slow intro that (d)evolves into a pool of dissonant riffage. The record closes with the epic cosmic closer, In Requiem. A sludgy bass intro again brings in the monster riff and massive drums that are now accompanied by somewhat ethereal chanting. The song spins into effects heavy way before closing on a dark, monstrous note.

There is definitely no sophomore slump 1782. From the Graveyard is an early ROTY candidate for me. If you need your doom dark and heavy, this is where you find it. If you haven't already, check out the band's debut and darken the room with that and this beast. You will not be disappointed!

Words by Todd S -  @alltheghoststhathauntyou

Thanks to Purple Sage PR and All Noir PR for the promo. 

From The Graveyard will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Heavy Psych Sounds Records from March 26th 2021.

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