Hammer of the Witch is the sixth studio album by the American hardcore band Ringworm. It was released on Match 18, 2014, through Relapse Records, marking the band's first full-length album for the label. Recording sessions took place at Spider Studios in Cleveland from April to August 2013.
Hammer of the Witch was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78 based on five reviews.[1]
Phil Freeman of Alternative Press praised the album, calling it a "a knuckle-walking, face-punching, tooth-spitting hardcore/metal album that'll have you looking around for things and people that could use a good kicking".[2] Bradley Zorgdrager of Exclaim! concluded: "there are no interludes or breaks, a consistency that is both the band's greatest strength and only weakness".[4] Sammi Chichester of Revolver stated: "Cleveland metallic-hardcore heavyweights Ringworm have delivered what should stand as their finest entry in their catalogue".[8] Andy O'Connor of Pitchfork called it "a solid record throughout", continuing "but it is one of those records that feels like a collection of songs—good songs!—rather than an actual album".[7]
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