SALEM WITCHCRAFT

Rock Beast · Post by **Rock Beast** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:21 pm

Just found this American band SALEM WITCHCRAFT on metal archives and it sounds VERY interesting. "Genre(s) Epic Traditional Heavy Metal/70s Hard Rock". They released a single in 1980 called "witchcraft". does anyone know anything about this band ?? I would die for mp3s.

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:03 pm

they have 2 more singles for a total of 3. Just average hard rock, nothing too special. good bandname though.

steelegacy · Post by **steelegacy** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:09 pm

yes,i know this band,i have heard one single and the one side is GREAT but i was not that excited with the other one...i was in contact with that band and was supposed to do smth with them,a reissue of their singles and anything else they had ,but the guys were very strange and nothing happened.i have not regret though .There are some mp3 downloads of the single but i must look first,will tell you when i find them

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:24 pm

I have mp3s of all 3 singles somewhere on a cd-r, but I could not find it just now, when I find it I'll make a post.

Rock Beast · Post by **Rock Beast** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:26 pm

doomedplanet wrote:I have mp3s of all 3 singles somewhere on a cd-r, but I could not find it just now, when I find it I'll make a post.

thank you very much!

Post by **DaN** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:52 am

SW on Motor City Rock - http://www.motorcityrock.com/bands/sale ... craft.html
(2 mp3s available)

Average 70's hard/prog rock. Disappointing, with that neat band name and all.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:33 pm

I really like the A-Side, "Witchcraft", it's definitely got atmosphere & period charm, could almost be a Pentagram/Macabre song if they'd heavied up the harder parts.
Got to agree with Dan's assessment when it comes to the flip, not awful, just disappointing.
Still, would love to hear their other 2 45s.

Rock Beast · Post by **Rock Beast** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:38 pm

Thanks for the link Dan, I really like both of the songs, Mr.Money was almost better. Good Rock music with a dark edge!

doomedplanet · Post by **doomedplanet** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:13 pm

I am posting the 3 singles in the mp3 section in a few minutes. By the way this band had 4 singles. The 3 I'm sharing and the “Witchcraft/Mr. Money” already posted.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:22 pm

One of the former members of the band has a pretty detailed version of the Salem Witchcraft story here:

http://www.arlenrocks.com/salemwitchcraft.htm

He mentions five records, anyone know what the other one was?

Sorry, i just found the info on that site:
"In 1983, Arlen rejoined Salem to see if the magic was still there. He wrote two new songs entitled “Please Come Back” and “Don’t Leave Me Alone Tonight,” which the band recorded without much success. In 1984, Arlen decided to hang it up for good with Salem, as the bar scene was a little too much to handle."

I guess that's the missing piece of the jigsaw then, it sounds like it may be under the name of "Salem".