Italian doom/psych rock trio Black Spell to reissue their first two albums and »Walpurgis Night« EP via Helter Skelter Productions / Regain Records

Italian doom/psych rock trio Black Spell will reissue their first two albums (»Black Spell« and »The Purple Skull«) and »Walpurgis Night« EP on July 28th, 2023 via Helter Skelter Productions / Regain Records.

Says the band: “We are proud to present here the official repress/reissue ⚡️💀⚡️ Thanks to Regain Records / Helter Skelter Productions our self-titled first album and the second album »The Purple Skull« are now available again from Europe! ⚡️💀⚡️

Repressed in different vinyl colors and with some updated artworks and layouts. »Black Spell« has been remastered and the digital version is available only on Regain Records’ Bandcamp.

»Walpurgis Night« EP has been expanded with two unreleased tracks recorded during the sessions for »The Purple Skull«: »At Hell’s Gates / Infernal Powers« and »Satan’s Claws«. It also contains the only cover we ever recorded, »Doom Mantia« by Electric Wizard.”

Courtesy of Regain Records:

Helter Skelter Productions (distributed & marketed by Regain Records) is proud to present re-releases of Italy’s Black Spell, self-titled debut album and follow-up »The Purple Skull«, on 12″ vinyl & CD format.

To make the release even grander, Helter Skelter will be jointly reissuing Black Spell’s new expanded edition of »Walpurgis Night« EP, on CD and vinyl formats with new layouts, and updated covers. »Walpurgis Night« EP will be also added as bonus tracks to the CD version of »The Purple Skull«. Gaze into their deep purple post-haste!

Since their bolt-from-the-blue debut album in 2020, Italy’s Black Spell have swiftly caused a stir in the stoner doom scene. That the band honors the noble Italian roots and their homeland’s rich history of both doom and psychedelic rock is a given; that they then impart their own twisted personality into such is what gives them staying power. And after two full-lengths and an EP in just two years of existence, the saga of Black Spell is only beginning…and they allied themselves with Helter Skelter late last year for the release of their acclaimed third album, »Season Of The Damned«, to turn that saga into legend.

Of that saga, the aforementioned EP – »Walpurgis Night«, originally just two tracks released digitally but now buffeted to four on 12” vinyl – is the swiftest statement of Black Spell’s bewitching powers. That they reverentially cover Electric Wizard’s paradigmatic »Doom Mantia« seems merely like a stepping board: across the other three tracks on »Walpurgis Night«, Black Spell seek dustier and more arid realms rather than strictly dark, primordial muck. Granted, the aura of the occult will always coat everything they do, but a devilish sense of fun or at least celebration seems to guide these sonic warlocks. How can life be Hell when you’ve got these dope jams as your soundtrack?!

To make the release of »Walpurgis Night« even grander, Helter Skelter will be jointly reissuing Black Spell’s first two albums, the self-titled debut and follow-up »The Purple Skull«, on CD and vinyl formats with new layouts, and updated covers. »Walpurgis Night« will be added as bonus tracks to the CD version of »The Purple Skull«. Gaze into their deep purple post-haste!

Available on vinyl and CD: regainrecords.bandcamp.com or shadowrecords.se

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well