Witchburner

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Witchburner
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Released29 March 1999 (1999-03-29)
RecordedLos Angered Recordings, April 1997
Genre Thrash metal
Length25:21
Label Necropolis/Rough Trade
Producer Witchery
Witchery chronology
Restless & Dead
(1998)
Witchburner
(1999)
Dead, Hot and Ready
(1999)
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Witchburner is an EP from Swedish heavy metal supergroup Witchery, released in 1999. The track listing consists of four cover songs, followed by three original songs.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Fast as a Shark" (Accept) – 4:34
    • Originally released on the Restless and Wild album; written by Hoffman, Kaufmann, Dirkschneider, Baltes.
  2. "I Wanna Be Somebody" (W.A.S.P.) – 3:14
  3. "Riding on the Wind" (Judas Priest) – 2:49
  4. "Neon Knights" (Black Sabbath) – 3:53
  5. The Howling – 3:24
  6. The Executioner – 3:16
  7. Witchburner – 4:11

Personnel

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