Acid Witch
{{Short description|American extreme metal band}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Acid Witch
| image = Acid Witch @ Roadburn 2015 02.jpg
| caption = Acid Witch performing in 2015
| landscape = Yes
| origin = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| years_active = 2007–present
| genre = Death-doom, stoner metal, psychedelic
| label = Razorback, Hells Headbangers
| current_members = Shagrat
Slasher Dave
Phil Warren
Mike Tuff
}}
Acid Witch is an American extreme metal band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 2007. They released their first album, Witchtanic Hellucinations, in 2008 on Razorback Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/witchtanic-hellucinations-mw0001310087/releases |title=Witchtanic Hellucinations – Acid Witch : Releases |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=October 9, 2012}} The band then released two EPs, Witch House in 2009 and Midnight Mass in 2010. They released their second album, Stoned, in 2010, on Hells Headbangers Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/stoned-mw0002090348 |title=Stoned – Acid Witch : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=January 4, 2011 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}} In 2012, Witchtanic Hellucinations was re-released on the same label.{{cite web|author=Hells Headbangers Records & Distribution|url=http://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/item.asp?PID=9763|title=EXCALIBUR – Fils Vengeur (CD)|publisher=Shop-hellsheadbangers.com|accessdate=June 14, 2013}}
Style and influences
The band's musical style draws from many genres of music including death metal,{{cite web|last=Morse |first=Jeremy |url=http://metalreview.com/reviews/5955/acid-witch-stoned |title=Review of Acid Witch – Stoned |publisher=Metal Review |date=December 7, 2010 |accessdate=October 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702042351/http://metalreview.com/reviews/5955/acid-witch-stoned |archivedate=July 2, 2011 }} doom metal,{{cite web|url=http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=17880&lang=en|title=Acid Witch – Stoned | Review | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine – issue 110|publisher=Lordsofmetal.nl|accessdate=October 9, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hellsheadbangers.com/acidwitch/|title=Acid Witch Profile|publisher=Hellsheadbangers.com|accessdate=October 29, 2012}} stoner metal,{{cite web|author=Dave |url=http://www.harvestmoonmusic.com/2011/01/review-acid-witch-stoned-2011.html |title=Review: Acid Witch – Stoned (2011) |publisher=Harvest Moon Music |date=January 13, 2011 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}{{cite web|author=Vic Vaughn |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/tag/acid-witch/ |title=Acid Witch |publisher=MetalSucks |date=January 18, 2011 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}} psychedelic music{{cite web|url=http://www.teethofthedivine.com/site/reviews/acid-witch-stoned/ |title=Acid Witch – Stoned « Teeth of the Divine |publisher=Teethofthedivine.com |date= |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.doommantia.com/2010/11/acid-witch-stoned.html |title=Doom Metal Reviews: Acid Witch – Stoned |publisher=Doommantia |date=November 15, 2010 |accessdate=October 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107162804/http://www.doommantia.com/2010/11/acid-witch-stoned.html |archivedate=November 7, 2011 }}{{cite web|last=Rotvel |first=Max |url=http://metalbandcamp.com/2012/02/acid-witch-stoned.html |title=Acid Witch – Stoned |publisher=Metal Bandcamp |date=February 11, 2012 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Witt |first=Jeremy |url=http://metalreview.com/reviews/4816/acid-witch-witchtanic-hellucinations |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128163209/http://metalreview.com/reviews/4816/acid-witch-witchtanic-hellucinations |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 28, 2013 |title=Review of Acid Witch – Witchtanic Hellucinations |publisher=Metal Review |date=February 8, 2009 |accessdate=October 9, 2012 }} and horror films and their soundtracks such as the music of John Carpenter's Halloween.{{cite web |url=http://thatshowkidsdie.com/2011/11/25/acid-witch-stoned-hells-headbangers-2011/ |title=Acid Witch – Stoned (Hells Headbangers, 2011) | that's how kids die |publisher=Thatshowkidsdie.com |date= |accessdate=October 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506035125/http://thatshowkidsdie.com/2011/11/25/acid-witch-stoned-hells-headbangers-2011/ |archive-date=May 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://lambgoat.com/albums/2717/Acid-Witch-Witchtanic-Hellucinations |title=Acid Witch – Witchtanic Hellucinations review |publisher=Lambgoat |date= |accessdate=October 9, 2012}} Some have also noted the influence of the new wave of British heavy metal.
Lead vocalist Slasher Dave has cited Pagan Altar and Witchfinder General as some of his influences.{{cite web|author=Acid Witch |url=http://www.brutalism.com/content/everyday-is-halloween-with-acid-witch |title=Everyday is Halloween with Acid Witch |publisher=Brutalism |date=November 17, 2009 |accessdate=October 9, 2012}} Due to the main overtones of the music, the band has dubbed themselves "Halloween metal".
= Lyrics =
The band's lyrics deal with themes of witchcraft, Halloween, and Satanism, and many of their songs' lyrics are inspired by horror films and feature a significant amount of gore and references to sex and drugs.
Discography
= Albums =
- Witchtanic Hellucinations (2008)
- Stoned (2010)
- Evil Sound Screamers (2017)
- Rot Among Us (2022)
= EPs =
= Singles =
- "It's Halloween Night (The Witches' Jack-O-Lantern)", 2019
- "Witch House", 2020
- "Turntable Terror", 2020
- "Pranks", 2023