Burning the Witches

Burning the Witches
Studio album by Warlock
Released	1984
Recorded	November 1983
Studio	Studio Klangwerkstatt, Düsseldorf, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	35:33
Label	Mausoleum
Producer	Axel Thubeauville
Warlock chronology
Burning the Witches (1984) Hellbound (1985)
Singles from Burning the Witches
"Without You" / "Burning the Witches" Released: 1984

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10 [2]
Kerrang!	(favorable) [3]
Metal Forces	(9/10) [4]

Burning the Witches is the debut studio album by the German heavy metal band Warlock, released in 1984 through the Belgian independent label Mausoleum Records. The album was re-released in late 1984 by Vertigo Records, which went on to release all future Warlock albums.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sign of Satan"	Rudy Graf	3:13
2.	"After the Bomb"	Peter Szigeti, Graf	3:50
3.	"Dark Fade"	Szigeti, Doro Pesch	4:07
4.	"Homicide Rocker"	Graf	3:12
5.	"Without You"	Szigeti, Pesch	5:25

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Metal Racer"	Graf	3:42
7.	"Burning the Witches"	Graf	4:17
8.	"Hateful Guy"	Graf, Pesch	3:41
9.	"Holding Me"	Szigeti, Pesch	4:07

Personnel

Warlock

• Doro Pesch – vocals
• Peter Szigeti – guitar
• Rudy Graf – guitar
• Frank Rittel – bass
• Michael Eurich – drums

Production

• Axel Thubeauville – producer
• Ralf Hubert – engineer
• Peter Zimmerman – executive producer, management
• Rainer Assmann and Henry Staroste – remixing (uncredited) ^[5]
• Nico Chiriatti – album concept

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6]	39

References

1. "Warlock Burning the Witches review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2011-10-14.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 404. ISBN   978-1894959315.
3. Suter, Paul (5 April 1984). "Warlock 'Burning the Witches'". Kerrang!. Vol. 65. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 14.
4. Doe, Bernard (1984). "Warlock - Burning the Witches". Metal Forces . No. 3. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
5. "Warlock: the story so far". International Warlock Fan Club Info Magazine (1). 1984. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Warlock – Burning the Witches" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 30, 2024.