Cybernetic Witch Cult - Stoner/Doom/Psychadelic Metal from Cornwall, UK

Laurie · Dec 14, 2017

Stoned Meadow of Doom said:

Cybernetic Witch Cult are a groovaceous metal band who take their influences from Doom metal, 70s rock, stoner rock, space rock and science fiction B movies. They hail from the UK. A serious band with a fun outlook on music, the lyrics tell stories of invasions, time travel, space and cult horror, the riffs are grandiose and the drums are pounding. Cybernetic Witch Cult were formed in the winter of 2013 in the middle of Cornwall. Three friends wanting to make some music that anyone could enjoy. After an early lineup change, Alex Wyld, Kale Deane and Liam Stocks became the driving force behind the band. Spaceous Cretaceous is their latest full length album, a 9 track trip through space, time and fantasy. 9 tracks merging doom, psychedelic, stoner and 70s heavy metal into a science fiction horror masterpiece! Its heavier, doomier, more psychedelic, and weirder than Morlock Rock.
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Review by Hans Werksman said:

Cybernetic Witch Cult, a doom rock trio from Cornwall, have been flying under the radar for a couple of years, gigging endlessly and treating their fans to lengthy sc-fi stoner rock songs about nuclear doom and pagan lore. Their new album Troglodithic Trip is a throwback to their demo showcase Morlock Rock - they re-recorded four songs - plus two brand new tunes. Play the albums back to back and it is obvious that they have grown a lot. New drummer Lewis May's ambidextrous, metronomic style gives singer/guitarist Alex Wyld and bass player Kale Deane a rock solid foundation to let rip. They play loud, take plenty of risks, and have a dark sense of humour that is pretty rare in their chosen genre, like showing Slim Pickens' portrayal of Major Kong in Dr. Strangelove riding on an atom bomb when they play Nuclear Sunset. There are some things in life that cannot be improved upon. Denim jeans, tube amps, Les Paul’s, and good old’ fashioned riff driven Doom. Regardless of the setting, sometimes a good formula just works. Cybernetic Witch Cult uphold this ideal with a conviction that comes only from the continuation of nearly half a century of musical tradition: Riffs-check! Tone-check! Themes of Doom and destruction-check! Space Opera sci-fi and tribal chanting-ch… Hang on?! Whilst their Sabbath and Catherdral worship may be firmly affixed to their collective sleeves, the power trio (rounded out with the introduction of new drummer Lewis May) deliver Stoner/Sludge tinged Doom and Hard Rock inspired by cult horror and sci-fi in the vein of the greats, Carpenter and Raimi. Chugging guitars, warm rich tone, authoritative vocals and quirky soundbite samples abound, with more fuzz than a shipping container full of dead bunnies. Jesus-god. That’s my one-word review of Cybernetic Witch Cult’s newest release, Troglodithic Trip. On their 2016 live album, Live at the Unicorn, the band treats the audience to an earlier listen to “Cult of the Druid.” “This is about going to Mars on a giant rocket,” vocalist and guitarist Alex Wyld tells the crowd. “Full of druids.” That’s Cybernetic Witch Cult. Going to Mars on a giant rocket full of druids. Anything else you’d like to add? Why yes, how about a fist full of dinosaurs and a barrel of existential apes? Troglodithic Trip is all of that and more; a stoner metal wet dream laced with lyrical themes from Philip K. Dick, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and every deliciously overwrought sci-fi b-movie ever made. This album has deep grooving riffs chipped right off the cold stone of the heavy metal monolith, and vocal renderings both clear enough to understand and visceral enough to believe—all wrapped up in a cohesive package as compelling as a Dark Horse graphic novel. The band has had more drummers than Ash Williams has shotgun shells, but I’d say May is a keeper. He and bassist Kale Deane pull together a rich rhythmic landscape out of which Alex Wyld is able to bring to life a trove of doom-tinged solos and infectious riffs. The band is as tight as it can probably get. The power trio easily takes up the same sound space as a solid four piece and they are as talented as they are creative. Cybernetic Witch Cult has been at it for just over three years now. Their release pace has been impressive, and they stay active on the road. Does this mean we’ll have another LP in 2018? We can only hope. Until then, keep an eye on their gig listings and, for the love of god, beware of druidic dinosaur lords looking to explore the recesses of deep space. It only leads to mayhem and cold, cold death.
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