Stygian Bough Volume News Today

In 2017, Seattle doom duo Bell Witch released their album Mirror Reaper — one single song that lasted 83 minutes. Bell Witch followed that one with dark folker and frequent collaborator Aerial Ruin on the 2020 collaborative album Stygian Bough Volume I. Just three days ago, Bell Witch announced plans for another album — just like Mirror Reaper, a single song lasting 83 minutes. That album is here now, and once again, it’s awesome.

They will release the new album, Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate. Like 2017's lauded Mirror Reaper, The Clandestine Gate is a single 83-minute track -- a composition that pulses and breathes on a filmic timeframe. It constitutes the first chapter in a planned triptych of longform albums, collectively called Future's Shadow.