Hello everyone. I've barely began listening to doom metal at least two months ago and I luckily came across Acid Witch. NEVER have I heard any type of music that incorporates horror rock with psychedelia and I'm loving it. Unfortunately I can't find any more bands that sound similar to Acid Witch, and Acid Witch only has two albums! Help me out guys. Really appreciate it. Peace!

Sure, Hooded Menace, is a Finish band who has actually Lasse (Acid Witch) on vocals guitars too! Listen to Never Cross the Dead it's actually quite good and I am a huge fan of Acid Witch!
Hooded Menace is kinda more serious though.
Ramesses is a bit similar too. They also released an album this year and it was quite good too!
If you find yourself digging that style then maybe you should also care about Winter and Asphyx who are major influences.
Tell me what you think!

Acid Witch has similar riffs to Witchfinder General and Trouble. I think Acid Witch really likes Trouble. Hooded Menace and Druid Lord don't sound anything like Acid Witch actually, maybe vocally a little. But Hooded and Druid are both DEATH METAL bands. I don't consider Acid Witch death/doom one bit. Their riffs (especially on STONED) sound nwobhm-ish and hardcore, Discharge and Broken Bones I hear the most. I would have to agree with Ed, Abysmal Grief has a similar sound, mostly becuase of the creepy keyboard factor.

Acid Witch really impressed me with Stoned. Didn't really get the Stoned review Ed (I usually LOVE and agree with all of them), you seem to know a lot about doom, but I think this went over everybodies head. Stoned is cheese, yes. But to say Hodded Menace is more serious is odd. I LOOOOVE Hooded Menace, but read their lyrics. Terror Castle is bad... Stoned had a "real life" theme I just recently caught, which I haven't seen any reviews mention. Revenge! Every song is basically about some sort of revenge. Tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, are all about revenge. And "If Hell Exists" sounds like its about suicide. I can't see Hooded Menace ever doing a song about that. Hooded Menace is fucking awesome, but I can't help but think Acid Witch knows more about the movies Hooded Menace sings about. They are all written by different people, and since Lasse, which never really sang about horror movies until he labeled with the mighty Razorback Records, makes me beleive Acid Witch are true horror fans, when Hooded Menace seem fake. I still listen to Hooded Menace a ton, but theres something flakey about them.

I'm very excited to see what Acid Witch does next. I hope it's not their last album, since it seems they killed off the witch in "Stoned to the Grave". Maybe thats just a hidden message saying "this is the last Acid Witch album". Or maybe it means they are gonna really start changing? What do you guys think?

"I will make a confession here, I have never paid much attention to Hooded Menace's lyrics like I have with Acid Witch. I will have to re-read my reviews for both bands as I never meant it to sound like I was saying Acid Witch are not serious. I know what I meant to say but didn't explain it too well, sorry about that. I guess what I was getting at is Acid Witch are like a party band in a way, good fun heavy music and I don't get that vibe from Hooded Menace. I love both bands but I rate Hooded Menace's last album a little higher than anything Acid Witch has done but not by much at.I aslo got some complaints over the term "cheese" like I was complaining, the truth is I love the cheese. It makes a refreshing break from all the overaly serious doom-stuff that is around these days."

I didn't think you don't take them seriously, that was aimed more towards Dr Dooom. You clearly love Acid Witch. I will say Stoned is a lot more serious though. The lyrics are great, not really to cheesed out except MMMMM. Hooded menace lyrics are just really bad.

What I meant about your review is you said they didn't change much. Never Cross The Dead didn't change at all really from their normal sound. When Stoned adds keyboards (not organ), more Goblin influence, punk d-beats and discharge riffs, nwobhm riffs, better vocals (lasses was a bit monotone, the new singer has more range), complete lyrical change, and "pre-doom" riffs like on Trick or Treat (which reminds me of something Witchcraft might write). None of these were heard on Witchtanic Hallucinations. And thats a ton of shit for a band to add, right? Also no witch cackles. That bummed me out a bit. There is also no sign of death metal on stoned really. It sounds more like a faster traditional doom album to me. Mid paced like Trouble.

Get what I'm saying?

So do you think it would of been better if they completely changed their whole sound? Because thats the only thing they could of done to change things up. This is only their second album, it almost seems unfair to judge on that with a second album. After listening to it a bizillion times, they really did dramatically change. I think we all know, Acid Witch has made their own genre or sound. No band before them has ever sounded anything like them. I just really like Stoned, I hope this wasn't their last album.

On another note I'm jamming THY GRIEF ETERNAL right now, the song "on blackened wings" is on. I am just noticing that song sounds like every Hooded Menace song. Seriously... Listen to it on youtube or something if you don't own it. Right at about the 1:00 mark, it sounds like a sweet Hooded riff.

Hi,

First of all I still believe Acid Witch is much closer to Hooded Menace than Trouble. Second, sure you are right Hooded Menace lyrics are "light" too, but I don't think that Acid Witch will make someone change their perception about life and death, heaven and hell, suicide etc. For me Acid Witch's lyrics are just some typical heavy metal lyrics influenced mostly by old horror movies, which is actually cool because it helps creating a nostalgic 70's atmosphere, but that's it.

Musically, I do consider Acid Witch easier to listen almost anytime. Stoned (with all those nwobhm elements) for me has also a party character, unlike Never Cross the Dead, which has a more heavy doom feeling that makes it hard to listen if you are not in the right mood. Therefore, I used the term "serious" which might be wrong.

In the rest of the remarks I think we agree. You can read the review I wrote some time ago.
Cheers