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The USA based leading pagan metal band Helsott has unveiled "Babylon: Scarlett's Saloon", a music video for the latest single from its brand-new concept album, Will And The Witch, released on 20 May and available on CD, a limited-edition gold double vinyl, and digitally.
Will And The Witch tells a tall tale accounting of the western frontiers' most notorious outlaw... Billy The Kid. Helsott delivers a hard-hitting and catchy adventure through the American Wild West that will leave you wanting more gunfights, saloon girls, voodoo, Shamans, peyote, fire, and blood in your life.
Helsott returns to its musical roots on Will And The Witch with heavier thrash overtones and less orchestral work than their prior record while catching listeners off-guard with new influences befitting of the album's theme. Thrash metal, power metal, and death metal - all converge with acoustic campfire segments, Southern banjo and fiddle, and Native American-inspired hand drums and flutes. The result is a record, that is musically ambitious while remaining melodic, heavy, and true to the underlying sound of Helsott.
The band's latest effort - mixed and mastered by J-F Dagenais (Kataklysm, Misery Index, Ex Deo) and featuring artwork by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Gamma Ray) - is augmented by a who's who of heavy hitters. In addition to Owens, Helsott is joined on Will And The Witch by percussionist Vladimir Reshetnikov (Arkona, Imperial Age), guitarist/bassist Freddie Vidales (Ashes Of Ares, Iced Earth), violinist Lethien (Elvenking), guitarist Kevin Storm (Heidevolk, Autumn, Fleetburner), guitarist Bjorn Friedrichsen (Withered Moon, Sanguineus) and Whistlin' Rick Storey.
The video "Babylon: Scarlett's Saloon" was shot at Whitehorse Ranch in Landers, CA and unleashed a day after the album's release. Vocalist Eric Dow comments: "The story of the album can get pretty grim at times so it's important to have some fun songs. Our fans love our 'drinking songs' so we made the ultimate Helsott drinking song!"
Helsott has also announced a flurry of live performances along the West Coast in June 2022, alongside symphonic black metal mystics Malphas from Philadelphia.
Since its formation, the California-based Helsott - meaning "fatal illness" in Old Norse - has paid homage to pagan cultures, mythology, and history while keeping true to its American influences. The group's unique mix of folk metal, death metal, symphonic metal, thrash, classical and rock was first unveiled to the world with the 2012 release of its debut EP, Fólkvangr. The band soon caught the attention of audiences on a larger scale during the 2013 Paganfest North American tour, where they performed with Ensiferum, Tyr and Trollfest. That tour set the stage for the 2014 release of Woven, supported by tours alongside Arkona and Heidevolk.
The Will And The Witch album and the "Babylon: Scarlett's Saloon" video await you right below. Link
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