Strike Mortal Soil (Ita)

180gm black colored vinyl LP pressing. Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, an early incarnation of the group was more of a hardcore/punk band but as the band's influence of Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Disfear started showing up more in their music, they chose to re-brand themselves as Wormwitch. Integrating equal parts black metal savagery and rock n' roll defiance, Wormwitch's 2017 debut album, Strike Mortal Soil, stands like a monolith commemorating those that came before while dispersing a beacon of hope to the future. Regarding the direction of the new material, the band comments, "it's darker, heavier, more thoughtful, more primitive, and heavily rooted in the classic rock and metal sound that has shaped the genre, while still being uniquely Wormwitch."