STONE DEMONS -The Craft of the Witches

2011 Anno Dominus

On that "Vampyr" session, old and new stuff was recorded to finally be included in “The Craft of the Witches” demo. About 10 songs were worked, but only 5 finished so, the list changed from the original idea. The tentative track was: “Gothic Cross”(Intro), “Haxän (The Craft of the Witches)”, “Vampyr” (different version), “Mournful Woman”, “When the Witches Burn” and “Call of the Woman”, which is a cover of the Mexican 70’s heavy Rock band Enigma. That record was at last unleashed as the plague in April 2011, getting very good response from around the world.  

Due to the few time of all the members of STONE DEMONS, live appearances are not planned in a near future. Thus, the band prefered to concentrate in recording demos, and later an album if darkness does not forbid, which will contain 9-11 tracks, some very old ones like “When the Witches Burn”, “Häxan”, “Stone Demons”  and “Vampyr”, or new ones like “Vargtimmen” or "Poison For the Fairies”.  

Never actually losing contact with Heavy Metal music, Van Hellsing and Martino know how the scene has changed in the last 15 years or so. But even when their ideas and concept are still the same, based upon the gothic cinema and horror/magic literature, etc, they don’t want to be confused with a band of “Gothic Metal”. Nor a satanic band they are, so no much bounds can be found to the nowadays Black Metal scene.

     

STONEDEMONS take their inspiration from diverse sources such as Mexican and European traditions and legends, theology matters, classic horror literature, gothic horror cinema, obscure and occult rock bands from the 60’s 70’s like: Coven, Black Widow, Black Sabbath, Iron Claw, Wicked Lady, Plus, Paternoster, Jacula / Antonius Rex / Zora, Icecross, Necromandus, Dies Irae, Goblin, as well as the satanic, obscure and sinister Heavy Metal bands from the 80s Venom, Demon, Angel Witch, Cloven Hoof, Death SS, Paul Chain Violet Theater, Witchfynde, Witchfinder General, Black Hole, Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, Exorcist, Bathory, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Stormwitch, Deliverance, Ripper.

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