TheFolkAlchemist
Fun. There's no better way to describe Acid Witch. If you love Halloween, scary movies and that whole aesthetic, this album is for you. Catchy and memorable, this is perfect autumn listening.
Favorite track: Rot Among Us.
iceveiled
Great album with awesome riffs and plenty of variety from song to song that makes it a fun listen. I enjoyed the various samples and spooky sound effects sprinkled throughout the album. This one will get heavy play every October for sure. Top 20 album of 2022 in my opinion.
Favorite track: Psychedeathic Swampnosis.
HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present ACID WITCH's highly anticipated fourth album, Rot Among Us, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.
By now, ACID WITCH require little introduction. Since 2007, the Detroit crew of mischievous miscreants have patiently crafted an ever-singular sound that's equal parts doom, death metal, psych rock, and horror-movie soundtrack. And while their full-length discography is semi-sparse, each ACID WITCH album is a momentous event, showcasing another dark 'n' delirious side to these Halloween-obsessed savants.
Then again, since the release of 2017's Evil Sound Screamers, ACID WITCH have certainly stayed busy on the short-length front, not to mention founding frontman/keyboardist Slasher Dave's soundtrack-oriented solo work. That latter element comes ever more to the fore on the band's fourth full-length, Rot Among Us. That preceding album surely emphasized those synths, as well, bringing the band's beloved horror canon of the '70s and '80s into sharper focus, but ACID WITCH top even that with Rot Among Us. Much, much darker and deadly serious but somehow clearer and more drug-crazed, Rot Among Us shows ACID WITCH in rarefied form, retaining their core sound but lacing each of these 10 anthems with a lysergic sense of starpower that's simply larger than life. A devilish sense of fun prevails, as it always has in the ACID WITCH world, but they take these arena-ready anthems in a gutsfucking and grimy direction that's absolutely DARK at the very, bitter end - and all of it's threaded together with acutely filmic samples, making that path to that end like a movie itself.
Featuring their best production to date, courtesy of Slasher Dave, and mind-bending cover artwork courtesy of his longtime partner Shagrat, ACID WITCH's Rot Among Us is the timely rallying cry of all Halloween horror hounds!
An outstanding Extreme doom death album, in the best tradition. The funerary atmosphere reminds of Evoken ('Centuries of ooze" bears striking similarities, for my delight). It is overall sharp, dark, hypnotic and unrelenting. One of those rare convincing new bands that hold proud the legacy of the biggest names. Bertrand Marchal
never been a big death metal fan but this is actually super accessible for the genre, has fun concepts, and personally i'm always a fan of albums with short tracklists and huge runtimes (for individual songs) Great time, good jumping on point for newbies too. alienasu
Extremely inventive and multifaceted sci-fi prog death, just like iridescent ethereal world on the cover art. Best band's achievement up to date. And easily in 2023 AOTY list Dmitry Nevozhay