Witch Fever - Congregation

Label: Music For Nations Released: 21st October 2022

There’s little more exciting in a band than potential, apart from perhaps potential fully realised.

That’s the vibe check for Witch Fever’s debut album - a record that takes their early promise and cashes it in big time. Raw, rampant and unapologetic, it rattles and rolls plenty, but never once looks close to coming off the tracks.

From the elastic twang of ‘Beauty and Grace’ to the stomp of ‘Market’ and the drone-tinged blast of ‘Bloodlust’, Witch Fever do nothing by halves. A stunning start from a band still rising fast. ■ Dan Harrison