WITCHING Announces Debut Album Vernal + Releases New Single “Witness”

“Vernal” is due out June 5

Recorded/mixed by Daniel Kishbaugh (Die Choking, Vektor) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Corrosion of Conformity, Torche), Vernal explores delicate themes of anger, abuse, and grief while finding hope and strength through the band’s lyrical shrieks, thick thrashy riffs and beefy percussion. The album’s cover art was illustrated by Alex Eckman-Lawn (Horrendous, Defeated Sanity, Krieg).

Formed by friends in South Philadelphia in 2017, WITCHING began with a blues-based groove before moving on to more elaborate compositions fusing black metal, death, and sludge into a cathartic combination of disturbing agitation. Their self-titled EP later that year attracted the attention of outlets like Metal Injection and Decibel Magazine, who quickly compared the band’s slow-churning rage to contemporaries Cough and Lord Mantis. A music video for “False Martyr” was released in 2018 with a second standalone single “Throes” released earlier this year to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

“Vernal is a reflection of past issues that I was never able to process until I got older,” says vocalist Jacqui Powell. “Being able to release this negativity and finding power in my wounds has shed light into my life that shows it’s possible to grow from mistakes and the things that were out of my control.”

WITCHING is:
Jacqui Powell – vocals
Nate Zagrimanis – guitar
Lev Ziskind – guitar
Tatiana Buonassisi – bass
Miles Ziskind – drums

Vernal Track List: 
ROSES
WITNESS
LIVIDITY
THIS IS WHAT YOU DESERVE
THE PACK
FALSE MARTYR
VERNAL
ESCHATON

Band Links:

https://www.facebook.com/witchingband/

https://witching.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/witching_philly/

*Thanks to Carcosa PR