Within my CD collection there is an album called ‘The Last Protest Singer’, which is the final album to be released by Harry Chapin. He died during the recording, but the band were determined to see the project through to its conclusion. The reason I mention that here is because this is quite a similar scenario. The mastermind for this recording was Lee Tarot (Harald Spengler, R.I.P.) founding member of black romantic and melodic metallers Stormwitch. After his death in 2013, his long-time companions, Stefan Kauffmann, Ronny Gleisberg, Peter Langer and Martin Winkler (all ex-Stormwitch), complemented by another long-time friend, Thorsten Lichtner (ex-Brainstorm), decided to finish his opus and to continue the project that was started together some years ago. As the work continued they decided that they were going to become a proper band, and Witchbound were born.
This is a striking power metal release, and I can see why they have been performing with the likes of Hammerfall and Stratovarius. They don’t have any keyboards, but the twin guitars ensure that there is no need as they keep it really tight. Well-produced and performed, this was released in May 2015 so one can only hope that there will be a new album out soon, as I definitely want to hear it.
