Record Labels: Conquistador Records: Bewitched

 

Bewitched

Biography

Not to be confused with the more recent Swedish Speed Metal outfit of the same name, the Chilean BEWITCHED was created by Doomicus and Arahn Evil in 1990, and officially entered the scene in 1991 with their demo "In God We Trust (The Medieval Fears)", which laid the foundations for their characteristic Black / Doom sound. A second demo followed in 1992, "Nemesis", featuring three new members: Aganamon, Path Sentinel, and W.T., who were subsequently replaced by the drummer, Snow. With this line-up BEWITCHED proceeded then to record their third and last demo, "Doomed", which displayed a more Gothic and epic Black / Doom direction and which was widely distributed through European mailorders like Osmose Productions and Holy Records. "Doomed" led to a deal with Warmaster Records in Colombia, through which they released a split lp with Finish F-UNCUNT, which earned them international recognition and to a number of offers from well-known European labels, including Holy Records, with which they nearly inked a deal.

After another line-up change and along with a couple of session members, an obscurely hiemal full-length album hight "Hibernum in Perpetuum" was recorded in the Winter of 1993 and eventually thawed out in February 1996 via Chilean label Picoroco Records. Despite its very limited edition, "Hibernum in Perpetuum" enjoyed fairly good distribution in the European continent, and formed the basis for a new deal with Conquistador Records. The ensuing album, "Dragonflight", ammalgamated the morose depressiveness of Doom with the technical dexterity of the epic European sound, as well as the classic Black Metal elements and look, into a majestic Satanic Black / Doom work of art.

"Dragonflight" was dug out of the permafrost in the Spring of 1999, and signified a decisive step forward for the band, whose work earned them many enthusiastic reviews.

Later that same year, BEWITCHED, by then strengthened by three new members, entombed themselves in the glacial depths of the studio, where they recorded their third opus, "Somewhere Beyond the Mist". This album evinces significant progression, both technically and compositionally, while at the same time avoiding the pitfalls often encountered by maturing bands, who often run out of ideas at this point and start churning out boring, over-slick, commercial pap: amongst the melodic riffing and vocals, we encounter many strange and enchanting passages, full of cold and darkly fantastic atmospheres.

 

Discography

In God We Trust (The Medieval Fears)
MCD (demo, 1991)

Nemesis
MCD (demo, 1992)

Doomed
MCD (demo, 1992)

Split with FUNCUNT
mlp (Warmaster Records, 1993)

Hibernum in Perpetuum
CD (Picoroco Records, 1996)

Cortés001CD
BEWITCHED (Chile)
"Dragonflight" CD
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Cortés004CD
BEWITCHED (Chile)
"Somewhere Beyond the Mist" CD
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SelfConfidence
CD (Picoroco Records, 2003)

 

Contact Details

Email: bewitchedcontact@hotmail.com

 

 

Conquistador Records artists

BEWITCHED
SATHANAS
SARGATANAS