Witching Hour (The Vision Bleak album)

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Released September 27, 2013 Producer Martin Koller Release date 27 September 2013 Genre Gothic metal		Length 39:02 Artist The Vision Bleak Label Prophecy Productions

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Witching Hour is the fifth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on September 27, 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.

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Track listing

All tracks written by The Vision Bleak.

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".

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

Songs

1Witching Hour1:34
2A Witch Is Born4:10
3The Blocksberg Rite5:32

References

Witching Hour (The Vision Bleak album) Wikipedia

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