AN NCS PREMIERE: WITCHGÖAT — “STORMING THE WALLS OF ETERNITY”

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Nov 042026
 

(written by Islander)

“With a name like Witchgöat, it’s safe to say we are probably not dealing with the latest Avant-Garde, Prog Metal sensation to sweep through the scene. Instead, these Salvadorians lay waste to everyone and everything in sight with their brand of Blackened Death/Thrash.”

That’s how NCS writer Todd Manning began his review of Witchgöat’s debut album Egregores of the Black Faith more than seven years ago. But he also took pains to point out that “while Witchgöat certainly owe a debt to ripping Black Metal, tons of molten Old School Metal and Thrash slag flow through their veins”, and that they achieved “a striking balance between brutality and memorability”.

In 2023 Witchgöat followed up with their second album, Altars of Necromancy, and it was an even more multi-faceted and eye-opening experience (one for which we hosted the premiere of a demonically wild and devilishly hypnotic song called “Rejected by the Demiurge“).

And now Witchgöat are coming back at us again, with a third album named Serpent Hordes that their new label Personal Records will co-release with Morbid Skull Records on December 4th. And we are again in the fortunate position of getting to premiere one of the new songs — “Storming the Walls of Eternity“. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: WITCHGÖAT — “REJECTED BY THE DEMIURGE”

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Dec 012023
 

Composed of four members with extensive resumes in extreme metal, the Salvadorean band Witchgöat made their advent with the 2018 demo Umbra Regit and then soon followed that with their 2019 debut album Egregors of the Black Faith.

Now, on the other side of lockdown times, they’re returning with a second full-length of black/thrashing mayhem. Entitled Altars of Necromancy, it’s set for release on the last day of this year by Morbid Skull Records (El Salvador) and Deathrockersorrow Records (U.S.). To help spread the word, today we’re revealing a lyric video for the song “Rejected by the Demiurge“. Continue reading »

WITCHGÖAT: “EGREGORS OF THE BLACK FAITH”

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Jan 282019
 

 

(Todd Manning wrote this review of the debut album by the band Witchgöat from El Salvador.)

With a name like Witchgöat, it’s safe to say we are probably not dealing with the latest Avant-Garde, Prog Metal sensation to sweep through the scene. Instead, these Salvadorians lay waste to everyone and everything in sight with their brand of Blackened Death/Thrash. Originally the brainchild of guitarist P. Scyther in 2016, the group issued their debut demo Umbra Regit via Morbid Skull Records, and now they are poised to release their full-length Egregors of the Black Faith on February 13th, also on Morbid Skull.

With their grim-as-hell artwork and general presentation, one might expect these guys to produce a whirlwind blast of Blackened noise a la Revenge or Conqueror, but that actually isn’t the case. While Witchgöat certainly owe a debt to ripping Black Metal, tons of molten Old School Metal and Thrash slag flow through their veins. Continue reading »

AN NCS DEMO PREMIERE: WITCHGÖAT — “UMBRA REGIT”

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Jul 302018
 

 

We’re about to present the streaming premiere of a three-track demo that’s a rush of hellish electrification — with a surprising twist at the end.

Umbra Regit is the debut recording of the Salvadorian black/thrash band Witchgöat, and it will be released on July 31st by Morbid Skull Records. It combines the talents of veteran guitarist P. Scyther, drummer E. Driller, vocalist M. Miasma, and bassist C. Fog. Continue reading »