Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2023 Ratings: #144 / 787
User Score
Based on 250 ratings
2023 Ratings: #282
February 17, 2023 / Release Date
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Peaceville / Label
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Critic Reviews

90
Distorted Sound

Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags takes everything that made The Affair Of The Poisons such a magnificent record and amplifies it, trimming away the very little fat within the band’s sound and replacing it with a broader mix of influences.

85
Metal Injection

Warlocks Grim and Withered Hags bursts with growth and a mature exploration of different avenues of darkness and eeriness while maintaining that original high octane burning.

80
Kerrang!

Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags is the best offering yet from a truly brilliant band.

70
Angry Metal Guy

Warlocks Grim may not be quite as effortlessly raucous and energetic as prior releases, even if it demonstrates more varied songwriting. But there’s a lot to admire, and I will always credit writers leveling up their skillset.

ChazzaMaate
70

It's fun, I'll give it that, It's a pretty wild combo of black metal and speed metal which definitely isn't two subgenres that I thought I'd ever see together. Very much sounds a bit more classic than a brand new album to me, but it's exhilarating and keeps up it's pace throughout the album.

However, whilst it isn't bad, the screaming doesn't really work as well as it could've, and on top of that, the entire project was recorded inside a massive fucking echo chamber, so there's this insane ... read more

Anypsotis
85

Great black/speed. Insanely talented guy, I don't even like speed metal that much and he made me enjoy this.

Gipfeli2
90

Super sick record with a nice combination of genres and a cool old school feeling, pretty excited for the new album tomorrow

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75

Hellripper se coloca, definitivamente, no cenário do black metal com este álbum. Achei que poderia gostar mais, mas tem vários bons momentos, principalmente "I, The Deceiver" e "Goat Vomit Nightmare".

JayCyclondo
82

not my fav hellripper album but very fire

Paramedic
60

Honestly. It’s overhyped as hell. This has a lot of rehashed ideas and it works for me sometimes but this doesn’t do anything for me with relistens. Id say the most memorable part of the album is a the Cursed Carrion Crown with that awesome scream in the intro of the song with the pretty decent riff. This album ain’t bad but eh with more relistens it’s just kinda tiring.

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