…holy shit. Windhand is coming through May 17th with Satan’s Satyrs. No explanation needed. Mark yr calendars. See you there.
WINDHAND
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Windhand formed in 2008 with singer Dorthia Cottrell, guitarists Asechiah Bogdan (formerly of Alabama Thunderpussy) and Garrett Morris, bassist Nathan Hilbish and drummer Jeff Loucks.
In 2013, Windhand released the split album Reflection of the Negative with Cough and another with the band Salem’s Pot, simply titled Windhand / Salem’s Pot, followed by the live album Live at Roadburn 2014 the next year. In 2015, with Jack Endino as producer, they recorded and released their third album, Grief’s Infernal Flower, which peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and No. 7 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and was named the 17th-best album of 2015 by Consequence of Sound. Founding guitarist Asechiah Bogdan then left the band and was not replaced.
In early 2018, Windhand released the split EP Windhand / Satan’s Satyrs with fellow Virginia band Satan’s Satyrs. This EP reached No. 11 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. Their fourth full-length album, Eternal Return, again with Endino producing, was released in October 2018. That album reached No. 3 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.
In October 2024, Windhand announced they were partnering with Creep Purple Records to release a limited vinyl pressing of previously unreleased outtakes recorded from 2012 to 2014, entitled Songs From The Satan House.
SATAN’S SATYRS
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Following the release of their comeback single, ‘Quick Quiet Raid’, at the tail end of 2023, cult scuzz rockers Satan’s Satyrs are back with their new studio album, After Dark. Having harbored a cult following for over ten years and four indispensable albums prior to their split – Electric Wizard’s Jus Oborn once described them as “Violent, filthy, ugly and loud like it should be” – the band is thrilled to announce that they’re next foray into madness will be aided and abetted by legendary New York label, Tee Pee Records.
“It’s a great fit for us because they can appreciate our odd-band-out legacy,” explains bassist Clayton Burgess. “Tee Pee Records has a long history of cultivating a heavy freak rock underground, and we feel right at home in that universe.” Soaking Sabbath, Venom, The Stooges, and Blue Cheer in acid and acrimony, the quartet’s love of exploitation movies and horror culture have always permeated their music, and none more so than on their latest paean to primitive rock, ‘Hellin’ Like It Is’. Replete with howling vocals and a freak-fuzz guitar meltdown, this is volcanism and signals a return to form for Dungeon Rock’s wayward sons.
“Even during the band’s recess, I never stopped writing,” Burgess continues. “We were always the riffy band on punk bills, the fast band on doom bills, the glam-tinged band on metal bills, with each album sounding different from the last. As new material slowly amassed and the right players fell into place, the potential couldn’t be ignored. The band could be a vital force again.”
