Hidden Gems & Guilty Pleasures: Gallower (Poland)
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Gallower (Black/Thrash Metal // Poland)
Gallower – the Witching Metal power-trio from Tychy, Poland – have been unleashing their blackthrash fury upon the underground for over a decade. Since their formation in 2015, the band have become a bastion of old-school metal, raw aggression, blistering energy, and a dark medieval aesthetic. Their lyrics immerse listeners in the shadowy world of Gallower, a 15th-century land where magic, monsters, and unholy evil reign supreme.
Gallower’s discography is a journey into the heart of metal’s purest traditions: demos »Witch Hunt Is On« (2015) and »Through The Gallows« (2016), through their debut album »Behold The Realm Of Darkness« (2020), to the EP »Eastern Witchcraft« (2022), released under the banner of Dying Victims Productions. Each release is a testament to Gallower’s commitment to keeping the old-school flame alive while crafting a unique and immersive soundscape. Their next recording, the full-length »Vengeance & Wrath«, won’t be any different and will release the bubonic plague once again!
Gallower’s live shows, brimming with unrelenting energy and a raw aggression, leave no man spared and no cross unturned – and that finely honed finesse reaches its apotheosis on »Vengeance & Wrath«. Truly titled, »Vengeance & Wrath« encapsulates and exaggerates the Gallower aesthetic to date: a perfect storm of thrashing-mad riffs, harsh-yet-articulate vocals, pitch-black intensity, and epic storytelling, all with medieval atmosphere to spare. It’s not so much a vertical improvement as it is a lateral one, for to do anything beyond the remit of truest metal would be a fate worse than death! No more but definitely no less, Gallower strive to reach the hallowed halls of Venom, Destruction, Bathory, Sodom, and the Japanese Sabbat – and from this vantage point, with »Vengeance & Wrath« do they walk that path honorably.
This is Witching Metal: an unholy call to arms for all who live and die for the old school. Arm yourself with a bulletbelt, take this torch, and prepare for battle – the witch hunt has begun, and Gallower lead the charge into darkness with »Vengeance & Wrath«!
Dying Victims Productions has released Gallower’s highly anticipated second album, »Vengeance & Wrath«, on March 28th, 2025 on CD and vinyl LP formats. Order your copy HERE.
Courtesy of Dying Victims Productions
Discography:
• »Witch Hunt Is On« Demo (2015)
• »Through The Gallows« Demo (2016)
• »The Extremity Of Dominion« Split (First Wave Only, 2019)
• »Funeral In Vain« Single (Destruktion Records, 2020)
• »Behold The Realm Of Darkness« LP (Destruktion Records, 2020)
• »Eastern Witchcraft« EP (Dying Victims Productions, 2022)
• »Vengeance & Wrath« LP (Dying Victims Productions, 2025)
Gallower is:
Mighty Tzar – Vocals, Bass
Vic Nocturnitier – Guitars
T.C. Speedfire – Drums
FFO: Destruction, Sodom, Bathory, Venom, Hellhammer, Master’s Hammer, Kreator, Possessed, Sabbat
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well