New Full-Length Offering, Wytch Hazel III: Pentecost, Out Now

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British soaring hard rock sect, WYTCH HAZEL, releases its shimmering new album, Wytch Hazel III: Pentecost, today via independent underground label Bad Omen Records (SATAN'S SATYRS, SPELL). Recorded by ex-PURSON multi-instrumentalist Ed Turner, the quadruple-tracked record imbues a rich, anthemic late night drivetime vibe, passionately embracing the most high-end, smash-hit classic rock and heavy metal circa its late 1970's heyday. Wytch Hazel III: Pentecost succeeds the band's 2018 sophomore release, II: Sojourn, and 2016 debut, Prelude, glorified by Under the Radar as "an invocation of rock and roll at its purest and, more specifically, of all that made the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late '70s so special".

In celebration of the new record's release, WYTCH HAZEL unleashes a music video for the new song "Spirit and Fire". Created by Wild Stag Studios (ANGEL WITCH, RICK WAKEMAN), the "Spirit and Fire" video features WYTCH HAZEL performing in an English church on the Irish Sea while a chivalrous knight and his horse -- “King”, from the Herefordshire Plantaginate Society -- prepare for battle in and around King Arthur’s Cave. "We watched a lot of John Borman’s movie Excalibur while we were fleshing the ideas out for this one," says vocalist/guitarist Colin Hendra. The video makes its debut via Consequence of Sound/Heavy Consequence who opine, "the sing-along hooks throughout the album transcend denomination." Watch WYTCH HAZEL's "Spirit and Fire" video on KNAC.COM HERE.

III: Pentecost has met to shining acclaim in the time leading up to the LP's release, being called "a work of timeless brilliance" by Last Rites; Invisible Oranges implores listeners to "believe in the power of the riff" and MetalSucks declares, "It turns out Satan doesn’t get ALL the good music." Metal Injection astutely claimed, "WYTCH HAZEL is arguably one of the best heavy metal bands out there right now and everyone should be listening to them"; the latter as part of the premiere of the "catchy-as-anything" new single "Archangel", an ode to the metal band GHOST.

“WYTCH HAZEL and GHOST each share an intrinsic connection, with [Bad Omen honcho] Will Palmer being the person who discovered us both, that’s a special thing in some way," beams Hendra. "I wanted to write a song about Lucifer, but it had to be done right; I didn’t want "Archangel" to be a song glorifying Satan, so it’s a song about, why does he get all the glory?!”

Within moments of pressing play on III: Pentecost, there are gorgeous self-professed touches of BLACK SABBATH, BLUE OYSTER CULT, AC/DC and early SCORPIONS. “With the soloing I was trying to go for Michael Schenker,” notes Hendra. As a child, Hendra, the band's founding member and guiding light, played drums in brass bands and orchestras, studied classical piano and sang in the school chamber choir, but at 16 the direction of his life changed forever, after a revelation we can all relate to: "IRON MAIDEN was the main reason I started playing electric guitar," he reveals. "I remember borrowing The Number Of The Beast off a friend and was just blown away – heavy metal was an obsession from that point on!"

Lest any heathen headbanger start to fear any kind of evangelical conversion agenda, Hendra expands on his position: “Music is created for all, it’s a common grace for everyone,” he affirms, “which is why the music that shows the glory of God the most, in my opinion, is not music created by Christians. It’s BLACK SABBATH, you know!”

Track listing:

• "He is the Fight"
• "Spirit and Fire"
• "I Am Redeemed"
• "Archangel"
• "Dry Bones"
• "Sonata"
• "I Will Not"
• "Reap the Harvest"
• "The Crown"
• "Ancient of Days"