Arkham Witch - Three Bladed Doom (2021)^{Release ID: 32568}

I have a massive soft spot for Arkham Witch and I buy virtually everything they put out. It is their combination of doom-inflected heavy metal riffing, Lovecraftian horror and irreverent sense of humour that endear these Yorkshiremen (and woman) to me so much. I listen to an awful lot of extreme metal, but sometimes it's great to put something on that is just a load of fun and not too demanding on the old grey matter. I don't think that bands like Arkham Witch and Australia's Lucifer's Fall, who are very much in the same vein, get anything like enough credit for keeping the flame of good old, fun-loving heavy metal alive.

Three Bladed Doom (a purposely ridiculous title I suspect) is eight tracks spread over a mere thirty minutes and is a great length to put on when you just need a bit of a headbang with a smile on your face after another day of crap. With track titles like The Return of Klankenstein, Cult of the Dead and Droid Fucker you know you're getting the musical equivalent of a Roger Corman film rather than The Exorcist or The Shining and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. All hail these quirky Yorkies and long may they reign!