Year of the Witch

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Year Of The Witch
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2004
Recorded2004
Genre Heavy metal, Power metal, Thrash metal
Length41:56
Label Sanctuary Records
Producer Jack Frost, Don Sternecker
Seven Witches chronology
Passage to the Other Side
(2003)
Year Of The Witch
(2004)
Amped
(2005)

Year Of The Witch is a 2004, album by Seven Witches and the last to feature James Rivera on vocals. [1] The first track, "Metal Asylum", is a tribute to all the bands that have inspired them, and last eight tracks are a concept about a man named Jacob.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Metal Asylum (3:54)
  2. Year of the Witch (3:56)
  3. Fires Below (4:16)
  4. Cries of the Living (4:18)
  5. If You Were God (4:02)
  6. Can't Find My Way (4:31)

Jacob

  1. Act 1: Whispers (0:42)
  2. Act 2: Voice of Jacob (3:43)
  3. Act 3: Mirror to Me (1:17)
  4. Act 4: Haunting Dreams (3:52)
  5. Act 5: Jacob Speaks (0:04)
  6. Act 6: Circles (2:22)
  7. Act 7: The Prophet is You (4:37)
  8. Act 8: Dream or Reality (0:20)

Personnel

The band
With

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References

  1. "Year of the Witch - Seven Witches". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved July 27, 2019.