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BURNING WITCH BIOGRAPHY
Burning Witch was an American doom metal band in the mid to late 1990s. Members of the band were Edgy 59 (vocals), Stephen O'Malley (guitar), G. Stuart Dahlquist (bass), and Jamie Sykes (drums) who was later replaced by B.R.A.D.
After the demise of the doomdeath band Thorr's Hammer in 1995, bandmates O'Malley, Sykes, and Greg Anderson teamed up with Dahlquist to create Burning Witch. Anderson soon left (starting Goatsnake), and Edgy 59 was added, finalizing the lineup.
The Steve Albini-recorded Towers... LP was released in 1996, followed by the departure of Sykes and his replacement by B.R.A.D. for the Rift. Canyon. Dreams LP. Crippled Lucifer, a compilation CD of the two LPs was released soon after, and Burning Witch performed their last shows in the fall of 1998. Edgy 59 left for Sinisstar, O'Malley and Dahlquist reunited with Anderson to form Sunn O))), and Dahlquist joined Anderson in Goatsnake. Currently, O'Malley is in Sunn O))) and in Khanate, and Dahlquist and B.R.A.D. are in Asva. Sykes moved to England where he played drums for the doom outfit Atavist for some time before moving back to the US.
BURNING WITCH GENRES
Extreme doom metal
BURNING WITCH LYRICAL THEMES
Drug abuse, psychedelia
BURNING WITCH ORIGIN
United States of America (Seattle, WA), formed in 1995
BURNING WITCH CURRENT RECORD LABEL
Southern Lord
BURNING WITCH STATUS
Split-up
BURNING WITCH CURRENT LINE-UP
Edgy 59 - Vocals (Sinisstar, Sarin (US))
Stephen O'Malley - Guitars (Sunn O))), Khanate, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Thorr's Hammer, Ginnungagap, Lotus Eaters, Aethenor, KTL (US), Fungal Hex, Grave Temple, Magistral (US), House Of Low Culture)
G. Stuart Dahlquist - Bass (Asva, ex-Sunn O))), ex-Goatsnake)
Jamie Sykes - Drums (ex-Atavist, Thorr's Hammer, Wardrums, ex-CODENAME F.A.D.G.E.)
BURNING WITCH PREVIOUS LINE-UP
Greg Anderson - Guitars (Goatsnake, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Thorr's Hammer, Sunn O))), Burial Chamber Trio, Engine Kid, guest on Lunatics on Parole)
B.R.A.D. - Drums (Asva)
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