The Collapse, by Witnesses

The Collapse

by Witnesses

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Abeigor Crushing, heart-rending doom that strikes a perfect balance between the two. Excellent vocals and some well-suited solo work compliment yet another fantastic Witnesses release.

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Pre-order of The Collapse. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

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releases October 31, 2021

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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Limited edition CD with art by Pierre Barraud de Lagerie and design by Andreas levers. Hand-numbered, limited to 50.

Includes digital pre-order of The Collapse. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

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1.	Entrance
2.	The Collapse 07:45	buy track
3.	Repose 08:18	buy track
4.	Interlude
5.	They Giveth and Taketh Away
6.	It Will Come for You, it Comes for Everyone

about

“But, obviously, a narrator cannot take account of these differences of outlook. His business is only to say: ‘This is what happened,’ when he knows that it actually did happen…”
--Albert Camus, The Plague

They’re going missing. A search party went out in the night...but only some came back. What happened to the missing?

The follow up to Doom II, The Collapse sees Witnesses extending its doom rock styles into even darker territory on this outing. Drawing influence on the melancholy down-tuned guitar harmonies of 90s British doom, but adding more traditional rock elements, soaring vocals layer on dirges to tell a story of great distress and questions unanswered.

credits

releases October 31, 2021

Witnesses was:
Greg Schwan - Guitar, bass guitar, keys, drum programming, arrangements, lyrics, mixing and mastering

with:
Anlaik - Voice
Matt Kozar - EBow on “Entrance” and “It Will Come for You, it Comes for Everyone”
Scott Loose - Guitar solos on “The Collapse” and “They Giveth and Taketh Away”
Milana Zilnik - Piano on “Interlude”

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at The Oak Lodge and other places
Additional production on “Interlude” by Arty Sandler

Cover art, "La Serrure", by Pierre Barraud de Lagerie
All art on physical release by Pierre Barraud de Lagerie; design by Andreas Levers

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Witnesses New York, New York

Born in 2016. Cinematic atmospheres, metal, dark folk.

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