Witching Hour (The Vision Bleak album)

Witching Hour
Studio album by The Vision Bleak
Released	September 27, 2013
Genre	Gothic metal
Length	39:02
Label	Prophecy Productions
Producer	Martin Koller
The Vision Bleak chronology
Set Sail to Mystery (2010) Witching Hour (2013) The Kindred of the Sunset (2016)

Witching Hour is the fifth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on September 27, 2013 through Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album based on popular fictional witches. A digipak version containing a bonus track, as well as a deluxe edition featuring three bonus tracks, were also released.

A music video for the track "The Wood Hag", entirely animated in stop motion and directed by Fursy Teyssier, was uploaded on Prophecy's official YouTube channel on September 4 to serve as a teaser.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Vision Bleak. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Witching Hour" (instrumental)	1:34
2.	"A Witch Is Born"	4:10
3.	"The Blocksberg Rite"	5:31
4.	"Cannibal Witch"	6:06
5.	"The Wood Hag"	3:57
6.	"Hexenmeister"	4:00
7.	"Pesta Approaches"	6:12
8.	"The Valkyrie"	7:29

Digipak bonus track
No.	Title	Length
8.	"The Call of the Banshee"	5:02

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
8.	"The Call of the Banshee"	5:02
10.	"Witchery in Forests Dark (Part I)" (instrumental)	9:43
11.	"Witchery in Forests Dark (Part II)" (instrumental)	6:22

Trivia

• "A Witch Is Born" references in its lyrics the Weird Sisters of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
• "The Blocksberg Rite" and "Hexenmeister" reference the "Walpurgisnacht" scene in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.
• "Cannibal Witch" references the Slavic folktale of the Baba Yaga.
• "The Wood Hag" is a dark retelling of the fairytale "Hansel and Gretel".

Personnel

The Vision Bleak

• Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) — vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
• Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) — vocals, drums, keyboards

Guest musicians

• Lana McHall — additional vocals

Miscellaneous staff

• Martin Koller — production

References

1. The Vision Bleak - "The Wood Hag"

External links

• The Vision Bleak's official website