Witching Hour (The Vision Bleak album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Witching Hour
| type = studio
| artist = The Vision Bleak
| cover = The Vision Bleak Witching Hour.jpg
| alt =
| released = 27 September 2013
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Gothic metal
| length = 39:02
| label = Prophecy Productions
| producer = Martin Koller
| prev_title = Set Sail to Mystery
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = The Kindred of the Sunset
| next_year = 2016
}}
Witching Hour is the fifth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 27 September 2013 through Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album based on popular fictional witches. A digipak version containing a bonus track, as well as a deluxe edition featuring three bonus tracks, were also released.
A music video for the track "The Wood Hag", entirely animated in stop motion and directed by Fursy Teyssier, was uploaded on Prophecy's official YouTube channel on September 4 to serve as a teaser.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDmmMbHWr0I The Vision Bleak - "The Wood Hag"]
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = The Vision Bleak
| title1 = Witching Hour
| note1 = instrumental
| length1 = 1:34
| title2 = A Witch Is Born
| length2 = 4:10
| title3 = The Blocksberg Rite
| length3 = 5:31
| title4 = Cannibal Witch
| length4 = 6:06
| title5 = The Wood Hag
| length5 = 3:57
| title6 = Hexenmeister
| length6 = 4:00
| title7 = Pesta Approaches
| length7 = 6:12
| title8 = The Valkyrie
| length8 = 7:29
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Digipak bonus track
| title8 = The Call of the Banshee
| length8 = 5:02
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks
| title8 = The Call of the Banshee
| length8 = 5:02
| title10 = Witchery in Forests Dark (Part I)
| note10 = instrumental
| length10 = 9:43
| title11 = Witchery in Forests Dark (Part II)
| note11 = instrumental
| length11 = 6:22
}}
=Trivia=
- "A Witch Is Born" references in its lyrics the Weird Sisters of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
- "The Blocksberg Rite" and "Hexenmeister" reference the "Walpurgisnacht" scene in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.
- "Cannibal Witch" references the Slavic folktale of the Baba Yaga.
- "The Wood Hag" is a dark retelling of the fairytale "Hansel and Gretel".
Personnel
=The Vision Bleak=
- Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
- Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards
=Guest musicians=
- Lana McHall – additional vocals
=Miscellaneous staff=
- Martin Koller – production
References
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External links
- [https://www.the-vision-bleak.de The Vision Bleak's official website]
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