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The 3rd full-length of ARKHAM WITCH "I Am Providence" will be out on November 20th, at the Hammer of Doom festival, where it will be available directly from our merch stand.

If one thing can be said about this album, it's that the shift in style is quite noticeable. While it pretty much still sounds like ARKHAM WITCH, that is: it's predominantly old school British Heavy Metal rooted in the '70s and '80s tradition, most of the doom elements present on their previous releases are subdued here and replaced with some punk (MISFITS style) and thrash/crossover (M.O.D. style) leanings, showing through in the melodic choruses with backing vocals and an overall lighter feel, but also in some thrashy chunky riffs delivering the punches. It's obvious that the band had a lot of fun while creating these songs. It will probably divide the fans and alienate some doom and heavy metalheads, but we're talking about tastes and opinions here, so we won't be surprised if some people will find this new album even better than their previous ones. When you first hear these songs they may leave you confused or even flabbergasted, but give this album more than one full spin and you may be rocking out to it very soon! I'll be honest, when we first heard "I Am Providence" (at that time it was 70 minutes long!) we had rather mixed feelings, but now we're enjoying the heck out of most of these songs, singing along and just having fun... Well, meanwhile we had suggested to the band that they take some of those 31 songs and release them as an EP, which they agreed to ("Weird Tales" EP is out on the same day!), so now the album is just 48 minutes long and has 20 tracks (yes, they are pretty short, often around 2 minutes). And the lyrics (all songs are based on Lovecraft stories) are a big added value! So, don't let the initial shock deter you, give it a few spins, it might just click, as this album is definitely a grower. Musically, it bears some similarities to bands like THE LAMP OF THOTH, DEEP SWITCH, HELL, TANK, MISFITS, THE BLOOD, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, MANILLA ROAD, CIRITH UNGOL and M.O.D., but it is a very peculiar album, and one that is best consumed together with your favourite booze!

Here's what Simon, the band's vocalist and songwriter, had to say about "I Am Providence": "It's definitely a continuation in the style of "The Lord of R'lyeh" and "Kult of Kutulu" - that kind of fun take on the pulpy side of Lovecraft and a sheer musical celebration of the man and his imagination and legacy in popular culture rather than an attempt to imitate in music his cosmic viewpoints and eldritch atmospheres."
Guitarist Aldo also commented: "I just want to add on behalf of myself and the rest of the gang that this has been one fun album to do. I don't want to scare all our fans and give too much away, but it's going to sound a lot different to our previous releases. We are NOT changing our style or wanting to progress into something different. Simon just simply started writing the songs for the album in a very cool different approach and the rest of us went with the flow! The result... well, if Lovecraft was around today, he'd be cruising around in his car, blasting out this album full volume and banging his head!"

We have prepared a promo clip for "I Am Providence" (featuring "Cthulhu Arise!" song), using some scenes from the great "The Call of Cthulhu" independent movie. You can watch it on YouTube at this location or here:

Since there are 20 songs on this album, we made double amount as usual available online - there are 4 songs on our YouTube channel ("Hastur the Unspeakable" here, "From Beyond" here, "And What Man Knows Kadath?" here and "Dead but Dreaming" here), and 6 in the Bandcamp player on the ARKHAM WITCH page. Here's the complete CD track listing:

You can find out more about "I Am Providence" and see the high-res cover on the page of this release.

Until midnight (Central European Time) of November 22nd, you can pre-order ARKHAM WITCH "I Am Providence" CD from our SHOP page with 2 Euro discount. We made it available also in bundles with "Weird Tales" EP and with the just re-released "Legions of the Deep" CD. Everybody who pre-orders will benefit from the most convenient German shipping rates, and the pre-orders will be of course sent out first.

The album can be also pre-ordered as digital download (in lossless formats) from our Bandcamp page. Later on, it will be distributed digitally by CD Baby and made available also from iTunes, Amazon MP3, eMusic and other retailers.