UK stoner/doom metal band Margarita Witch Cult presents demo collection »Witchfinder – Expanded: Early Demos«; out now on CD and digital!

Birmingham, UK based stoner/doom metal trio Margarita Witch Cult presents their demo collection, »Witchfinder – Expanded: Early Demos«, which was just released on August 11st, 2026.

Tracklist:
01. The Witchfinder Comes (Demo)
02. Aradia (Demo)
03. Diabolical Influence (Demo)
04. Death Lurks At Every Turn (Demo)
05. Sacrifice (Early Live Session)
06. Leaders Of Men (Demo)

Margarita Witch Cult says: “Thanks for your purchase of »Witchfinder – Expanded: Early Demos«. Definitely one for the completist (elitist?) but definitely not the defeatist.

These are lo-fi budget quality recordings compiled simply for your intrigue and amusement, plus you’re helping us put fuel in the van and strings on the guitars xxx.”

Tracks 1 & 2
The original Witchfinder demo. Originally intended to be released on cassette (which proved too expensive) the CD was mailed out to press and labels and sold at early shows. Recorded with aTascam 4-track and bounced onto a Coomber tape deck then mastered with GarbageBand.

Tracks 3 & 4
Very early demos of these songs – first rehearsal plays during lockdown, recorded on an iPhone then overdubbed on the Tascam.

Track 5
Early run through of the song recorded live in our “Corduroy Room’ practice space with a zoom 16 track digital recorder.

Track 6
Incredjbly rough demo recorded in Scott’s flat during the peak of lockdown cabin fever with a tiny proclice amp and great fun with a holy grail pedal.

Order »Witchfinder – Expanded: Early Demos« here: margaritawitchcult.bandcamp.com

Margarita Witch Cult captured lightning in a bottle with their 2023 debut – a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it behemoth that saw the band thrash and burn through Europe and the UK, picking up legions of fans and touring with the likes of Cancer Bats, Monster Magnet and Nebula.

Now, the Birmingham trio are set to pick their teeth with the bones of their own past – as their second LP »Strung Out In Hell« takes everything that was so compelling about their debut and turns the knob up to 11; rips off the knob; throws the knob into the fires of hell and cackles maniacally in the wake of its demoniacal glory.

From top-to-tail, »Strung Out In Hell« is a cloven hoof to the chest; a dizzying descent through infernus. It will caress you only to chew you up and spit you out. It is the soundtrack to the afterparty of all life on earth. Succumb to its sordid siren song. Bolder, stranger, and downright more mean, there’s no better time to jump on the Margarita Witch Cult train – and it’s going straight down, fast.

Margarita Witch Cult is:
Scott Abbott – Vocals, Guitars
James Brown – Bass, Vocals
George Caswell – Drums, Vocals

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