WITCHCRYER: hear the terrifying doom tale of "Hellmouth" now!

Austin-based proto-metallers WITCHCRYER present the second single taken from their concept album 'When Their Gods Come For You', due out August 20th on Ripple Music. Listen to the terrifying leviathan tale of new single "Hellmouth" right now!

About the song, WITCHCRYER vocalist Suzy Bravo explains: "Hellmouth is an apocalyptic tale of an enormous Leviathan fish whose gaping jaws act as an entrance to hell. At the crack of doom, Hellmouth surfaces from the depths of the ocean to seek and devour doomed souls by swallowing them whole and taking them to the depths of hell. Historically, the story originates from 12th-century Anglo-Saxon art that was retold and spread throughout Europe throughout the ages. Our modern-day rendition of Hellmouth is retold in collaboration with Austin-based Golden Monkey Tattoo artist, John Michael Bowley. This single release features colorful detailed artwork created through the use of a technique called "spit shading", a technique that uses the replacement of water through the artist's spit to control the amount of pigment that is blended outwards to make colors lighter than the original pigment."

To create the non-human demon-like voice of "Hellmouth", dual vocals from WITCHCRYER vocalist Suzy Bravo and Destroyer of Light's Steve Colca were recorded and processed through TC Helicon Critical Mass vocal effects. The song is bass-heavy with a low-end punch, so hold on tight and take a ride to the doom that is Hellmouth!

Listen to new single "Hellmouth" at this location

“When Their Gods Come For You” is a concept album that deals with deities across various ages of civilization throughout time. The album starts with “Devil & The Deep Blue Sea”, a Faustian tale of a damned soul swallowed by an apocalyptic leviathan, Hellmouth, and the narrator’s attempt to fight for their life. The album continues with the song “Hellmouth” in which the narrator is now the Anglo-Saxon depicted demon fish itself. Songs about Greek gods and titans with tales of pride and punishment follow, as well as a Mesoamerican sun deity teaching its doomed warrior people to fly, a Roman goddess seeking justice for crimes against women, the tale of the Blackfoot creation god. Title track “When Their Gods Come For You” comes full circle, proclaiming that if one does not stand up for what they believe in, someone else will do the believing and choosing for them.

The album will come with a download of a mythological book featuring album lyrics and unique illustrations from artists who depicted each god mentioned on the album: David Paul Seymour (“I Rise!”), John Michael Bowley (“Hellmouth”), Daniel Augustus Marschner ("Nemesis, the Inevitable”), Gerardo Quetzatl Garcia (“Quetzatlcoatl”), and cover artist Kyle Otto.

New album ‘When Their Gods Come For You’ Out August 20th on Ripple Music - PREORDER