Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls

by Coven

Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1969
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:11
  • Community rating: 3.48/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Overtly dedicated to satanic imagery and occult rituals, this infamous debut introduced heavy theatrical darkness to American psychedelic rock well before such themes became commonplace. Concluding with a 13-minute recorded Black Mass, the album sparked intense controversy upon its release and pioneered the sinister aesthetic tropes later adopted by heavy metal.

Genres

Descriptors: Occult, satanism, occult, ritualistic, horror

Tracklist

  1. Black Sabbath (3:28)
  2. White Witch of Rose Hall (3:05)
  3. Coven in Charing Cross (4:01)
  4. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (4:37)
  5. Pact with Lucifer (3:29)
  6. Choke, Thirst, Die (3:27)
  7. Wicked Woman (2:57)
  8. Dignitaries of Hell (4:07)
  9. Portrait (2:35)
  10. Satanic Mass (13:20)

Credits

  • Coven - primary artist, arranged by
  • Jim Donlinger - arranged by, performer [dominus limini], performer [magus], written-by
  • Christopher Neilsen - performer [dominus limini]
  • Chuck Lishon - performer [dominus limini]
  • Dave Wilkerson - performer [dominus limini], written-by
  • Jim Nyeholt - performer [dominus limini]
  • Bill Traut - performer [ipsissmus], written-by
  • Jinx Dawson - performer [magister templii], written-by

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