Witch Fever - FEVEREATEN

There's no soft launch here. Witch Fever's second album, 'FEVEREATEN', is more possessed than ever: all raw edge and gothic pressure, built for transformation, exorcism, and absolutely losing it in a basement.

'DEAD TO ME!' sets the tone: slow-burning, then fully combusting. It's heavy, seductive, and full of dread. That atmosphere carries through to 'FINAL GIRL', a defiant anthem of survival that riffs on horror tropes with the line "Best believe I'm alive." The mood across the record shifts constantly, from the violent unravel of 'SEE YA NEXT TUESDAY' to the melodic lift of 'AMBER', Witch Fever push themselves further than ever before.

Lead single 'THE GARDEN' is a highlight, brooding and cinematic. Boldly declaring "I took what's mine", it encapsulates the album's mission to reclaim. 'DRANK THE SAP' is another standout, forceful and dense with layered noise, while the title-track simmers in reflection: "I thought I'd gotten over it, but it consumes." Even in its quieter moments, the unease never lets up.

There's joy in here, too. Not the gentle kind, but something fiercer. 'BURN TO HIT' pulses like a warning light. 'I SEE IT' ends things with a sense of closure, sharp and certain.

More sculpted than debut 'Congregation', but no less intense, 'FEVEREATEN' is bold, confrontational and strangely beautiful in places. It's the sound of a band unafraid to stare something horrible in the face and keep moving forward anyway.