#13 - Top of 2012

Witchcraft -Legend (Nuclear Blast)

In the lucky number 13 of the 2012 top list, we have the 4th album of Swedish heavy rockers Witchcraft, aptly named Legend. The album follows in its predecessors' steps and is marked by Witchcraft's traditional sound. This release would be followed by a 4 year break from releases followed by an excellent successor in this year's Nucleus. Two new guitar players were added for the needs of this album and the band's main-man Magnus Pelander who also played guitars in the previous records is only in vocal duty here, leaving the guitar duties to his two new bandmates. Highlights of the album include the single "It's not because of you"  and the epic "Dead End" which acts as a closing act to the album. The rest of the songs are also of genuinely excellent quality and there are very few flaws in this otherwise immaculate record which acts as a magical gateway back to 70s psychedelia.


95.5/100


Below is the lyric video for the single of the record, "It's not because of you"