Blackwitch Pudding - Covered In Pudding Vol. 1 - Review

Album Type: EP

Date Released: August 12^th 2014

Label: Self Released

Covered In Pudding Vol. 1 Tracklist:

1. Night Of The Blackwitch

2. Toke’n Man

3. Gods Of Grungus

4. Bong Hits And Lust

Bio

Paying Homage to the rotten filth from which they were born, Blackwitch Pudding is actually a band of three Wizards. Legend has it, they were raised from a stagnant used puddle of ergot, left by the mysterious Blackwitch, hundreds of years ago. Trained in the dark arts of doom and witchery, these Wizards wander the cosmos in search of nothing, for their path is a simple one.... the riffs must be heavy and the smoke must be heavier.

It’s been nearly a year since the wizards of Blackwitch Pudding released their infamous début LP, Taste the Pudding, and they have grown restless. Though one might question why, after 600 years of conjuring evil riffs, casting spells and wreaking supernatural havoc upon this planet that the trio has only created one full-length record, the truth is, for centuries, pesky, silly mortals have been ripping them off and making the themes more palatable for straight-laced human consumption. So the robed wizards of doom have resurfaced again with a new EP, Covered In Pudding Vol. 1, to prove once and for all that they were here first, that their riffs shall ring true, and that rock and roll should be about an average wizard’s favorite things: sex, drugs, witch-babes and filth.

Band Members

Space Wizard - Guitar, Vocals

Lizard Wizard - Bass, Vocals

Wizard Wizard - Drums, Vocals

Review:

So those Bong Smoking, Riff Loving, Immortal Wizards are back with their new EP – Covered In Pudding Vol 1. An EP full of famous songs given a modern Blackwitch Pudding makeover. Though the Wizards guys claim they wrote these songs hundreds of years go but were stolen by heartless bastards such as KISS and Neil Diamond. As the Wizard's reclaim classic tracks such as God Of Thunder and Solitary Man as their own. God Of Thunder becomes Gods of Grungus and Solitary Man becomes Toke'n Man.

How dare legends such as KISS and Neil Diamond steal riffs that were never rightfully theirs. Blackwitch Pudding are making a stand for all us droned out drugged up followers of the mighty weedian riff. Yeah this EP is definitely one hilarious brutal slab of insane riffs with intense vocals to match. I am a huge fan of Blackwitch Pudding's début album but this EP shows these wizards in a new light. They are pissed off right from the very start as Night Of The Black Witch sees Blackwitch Pudding unleashing dark forces upon to the world. But you won't notice as once again, Space, Lizard and Wizard leave you in an almighty trance. Just light up that fucking BONG man and get high. This is musical ecstasy for all the Stoners in the world.

Blackwitch Pudding are hilarious through out as they brilliantly put their own unique spin on these classic tracks. The lyrics have been re-worked to match these guys insane twisted vision with laugh out loud results. By the time the 10 minute epic Bong Hits and Lust comes on to play, you will be a drugged out riff loving zombie wanting to carry out any deranged task that Blackwitch Pudding ask you to do. It's a good thing that Blackwtich Pudding only ask a few small things from you: PARTY, GET HIGH, ROCK OUT and embrace the WIZARD BROTHERHOOD!!!

I can't wait for Vol 2 and to see which other heartless famous musician has stolen from Blackwitch Pudding. The world of music. You have been warned – The Wizards of Blackwitch Pudding are coming for you and to reclaim what is rightfully theirs!!!

Thanks to Cat Jones at Southern Cross PR for the promo. Covered In Pudding Vol 1 will be released on DD and 200 limited edition wizard-conjured cassettes.

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Written by Steve Howe

Vinyl Corner : Blackwitch Pudding - Taste The Pudding (Album Review)

Forget for a minute that the three cloaked musicians in Blackwitch Pudding are 600-year-old wizards spawned from a witch, that they enjoy sluts (hell, who doesn't?) and have a panty fetish. You can't, can you? Me either. I wanna party with these guys; seems we have a lot in common, including a sense of humor and a love for both heavy music and DIY vinyl records. We'd have fun.

I may be the last here at The Sludgelord to fully digest the delectable concoction from the Portland three-piece but it's only because I was waiting for their self-released wax. Taste The Pudding is more flavorful while played at high volumes on a record player.

After gorging myself I've found the secret ingredient in the frothing cauldron of riffage served up on classic black vinyl. You might already know, still I'll give you a few hints in case you're color blind. It's green. And it's a plant. And if it's potent enough it'll alter your state of mind, much like the music on this record.

Yep, they're stoner wizards and those are the best kind if you ask me. That's just another thing we have in common (the stoner part that is). Kidding. Have no clue if they partake of the herb or not but I'm serious when I say I love their music.

Space Man (guitar, vocals), Lizard (bass) and Wizard (drums) play the kind of heavy stuff that stoners like me love: a creamy dessert of low-tuned riffs and grooves, tasty vocals and, of course - fucking seriously shredding solos - which I really dig about the tunes here and feel are lacking in some other stoner music I'm listening to these days. You gotta love a good, ripping guitar solo. I'm sure some non-stoners would like this record too, I just don't know any personally.

The first track on side a, "Mortre 'D", "Swamp Gas of the Nevermizer", and the last on side b, "Acid Castle Mountain Top" are my absolute favorites. Coincidentally, they're the longest on the album, and are the most stoner-doom-oriented of the seven. You've probably heard digital versions already, right? Try vinyl. I'm sure the wizards would want you to hear 'em this way.

"Super Sluts from Outer Space" runs about as fast as you or I would wanna fuck one - quick and hard. Y'know, get in and out as fast as you can, for a stoner anyway. You never know what kind of wizard has dumped a load inside that slut before you. Maybe an infected one.

"Gathering Panties" is what the wizards do after fucking said sluts. Then they use them to adorn the walls inside their castle. Unfortunately, all the wizards got "Crabs" after a weekend orgy with those cosmic whores, who haven't yet learned to shave pubic hair to all but eradicate the louse. I'll stick with earth pussy.

And I think "Shark Commando" was inspired by the death of their good friend and former companion, Timmy. Once upon a time, there used to be four wizards. Needless to say they don't venture far into the ocean anymore.

Oh, I almost forgot. Did I say, stoner? Stoner. STONE-R. And three wizards, too, conjuring up some magic.

You can buy this spellbinding slab o' wax at the wizards' bandcamp page, their website or from Heavy Ripples Distribution. You'll have fun no matter which route you take.

Support the underground.

--Heddbuzz

http://blackwitchpudding.com/store.html

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Live Review : Blackwitch Pudding, Billy O’s in Ventura, CA, 13/1/2014

Blackwitch Pudding is a Stoner Metal Band from Portland, OR, USA

The members are:

Space Wizard-Guitar
Lizard Wizard-Bass
Wizard Wizard-Drums

Blackwitch Pudding Live! @ Billy O’s in Ventura, CA

These guys are wizards from the future! They conjure alcoholic beverages, shark commandos, dinosaurs and let’s not forget… panties! Yes, panties! They even sell them at the venues they magically appear at. One wizard brings the power of the hovercraft. One wizard brings the power of Sunn. One wizard brings the power of crashing and pounding thunder. They also bring their own ambiance in the form of a fourth cloaked wizard that controls smoke and light! In grand wizard form with plenty of pomp and circumstance, they regaled us with music and comedy.

You might have noticed that I used the word “wizard” a few times up there… well you can’t escape the fact that Blackwitch Pudding are wizards at their craft! These guys have lyrics that make you wonder what the hell happened in their childhoods. Twisted, mostly harmless and completely insane; are words that seem to fall from your mouth when seeing them live.

In all seriousness; these guys can play and they write great songs. They get the whole psychedelic vibe and the whole slow is the new fast vibe. All three of them sing and each have a unique take on how to draw you into the song. Not to mention they are some of the nicest guys playing music today. Gracious and totally understanding of our unsupporting cow town by the sea. Monday is a tough night in any town, Monday night in Ventura… forget-about-it! For the small crowd that was there to experience them; all of us left with a smile on our face and some of us left with panties!

Blackwitch Pudding were planning on making this a four week tour (no Gilligan’s island jokes, please), so if you see them playing in your neck of the woods Southern California/Arizona/etc., go! Go see them and taste the pudding!

https://www.facebook.com/blackwitchpudding

http://blackwitchpudding.bandcamp.com/album/taste-the-pudding

Live Gig Review written by Ransome Note

Interview with Blackwitch Pudding

 

Blackwitch Pudding – Self Proclaimed Wizards of the riff. And who am I to complain when their brilliant début album – Taste The Pudding – is kicking up a mighty storm within the Doom/Stoner Metal scene. It's winning praise all over the place.

This is what I had to say about the album recently:

"Taste The Pudding is fucking immense. There might be a lot of great humour within the song titles and lyrics but these guys take things very seriously in what they do.

If you want finely tuned and down-tempo Stoner Metal riffs then Taste The Pudding is the album for you. The album gets right down to business with excellent Montre'D. A superb hard-hitting almost 8 minute epic that shows you what Blackwitch Pudding are all about.

Blazing riffs and grizzled vocals all made by the magical power of the weed or should that be riff. Maybe it's both"

These guys maybe winning praise for their diabolical sense of humor and awesome stage show dressed as wizards. But to Blackwitch Pudding these guys are seriously real. So when I was asked to interview these guys and to asked Wizard based questions I had no idea what I am letting myself in for.

But lets see what these riff-loving wizards have to say to us here at Sludgelord.

1. Hi there – Oh Powerful Magical Wizards, How are you all today? Thanks for talking to us here at Sludgelord.

All Powerful Lord of Sludge, we appreciate your interest. We are most excellent!

2. Can you tell our readers how you all met and how the band came about? I take it you met either at Hogwarts or at the Fire of Mount Doom with Gandalf and Saruman. Or possibly you hung out with Merlin in your youth?

600 years ago the Blackwitch summoned Satan through a wicked broom grinding session. We are the result of this encounter. We are the bastards of Satan. So, yeah I guess we kinda grew up together.

3. So where did the name Blackwitch Pudding comes from? Did you use a magic spell to come up with the title or good old-fashioned human thinking?

Well it’s where we come from if you think about it. Some serious cosmic juices were flowing back then.

4. Your début album – Taste The Pudding – is excellent. Full of superb magical stoner metal riffs. Was it an easy or hard album to record? Are you happy with the results?

After a few wand wavings of a wand, a few spell-castings and hefty loads of herbal enhancements, the music was recorded in three days. Then it was in the hands of our honorary wizard friend Billy Anderson. The results kickass just like everything he does.

5. It’s weaving its own magical spell over the Sludge/Doom/Stoner Metal community. Are you happy with the reception the album has received so far? Or did you conjure up some devilish spell for everyone to like it.

Of course we conjured up a spell and it’s working. You are all doing our bidding right now and you probably don’t even know it. We made you take a dump this morning. We are going to make you take a dump tomorrow morning too. See...proof!

6. Now many people are praising the humour of the album. And it had me laughing out loud. Especially with some of the song titles. What influenced you when naming these tracks?

It’s all about real life…It’s a chronicling of our adventures, parties, conquests and hallucinations.

7. How would you describe your music? Doom, Stoner Metal or something else.

Its thick, sticky, evil, cosmic, and it is indicative of the name Blackwitch Pudding. We will let others decide what they want to call it. Roll your own conclusions.

8. What is the song-writing process in the band? Sorry I will re-phrase that. Who creates the magical musical spells you have on your record? Is it down to one individual grand wizard or do all of you equally contribute on this magical musical odyssey?

It’s a triple-wizard assault. We all write riffs, we all sing songs. It’s a party. You can’t be a wizard if you don’t pull your weight.

9. What is the live music scene like in Portland? Anything that compares to the magical realms you have performed in the past such as Hogwarts or the Fires Of Mount Doom?

Portland has a band of ninjas, a band of Klingons and now a band of wizards. This is the breeding ground for tripped-out heavy music. There are tons of bands singing about magic and demons and shit. That’s our kind of party.

10. Do you perform many local gigs or do you have to rely on further magical kingdoms to perform your musical based witchcraft elsewhere?

We play near and we play far. We love playing in Portland being that our broom-grinding buddies are all here. Basically when we are not out on kick-ass wizard quests we are telling the tales of our adventures. January holds a mighty travel line up of new and far away magical realms.

11. What is your current musical equipment setup? I know you would rely on your supernatural powers to slay audiences with your epic riffs if you could. But what human-based creations do you use to get that Blackwitch Pudding Sound?

Space Wizard harnesses the power of a 200 megawatt Orange amplified solar flare, routed through the monstrous green Hovercraft 6x12. Lizard Wizard constructed his bass amp from leftover Sunn amps and dinosaur remains. He also jacked a Rickenbacker from Satan’s basement. He probably won’t mind. Wizard Wizard forged his gigantic cymbals from a molten asteroid that he lassoed with magic. The drums were carved from a living thunder tree.

12. Which magicians influenced you when growing up? Was it David Copperfield, Gandalf or Siegfried and Roy? Sorry wrong type of magician. Which riff-laying geniuses and musicians influenced you on a musical level?

Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Candlemass, Witch, and Spinal Tap probably get the most plays on the phonograph. You know, the usual.

13. In five words or less describe the live Blackwitch Pudding experience?

It’s a “hazy psychedelic wizard party”.

14. I hear you guys play in full wizard gear live on stage. Does that intimidate people or do they make fun of you when you’re on stage. How do you cope with the audience’s reaction?

We have been drawn on, rubbed on, yelled at, laughed at and complimented by the elderly. It all comes down to whether you like badass shit or you don’t. We just play to the cosmos and rip it.

15. What is your verdict of other bands that perform in wonderful weird outfits on stage? Bands such as Ghost BC, Huata etc. Or do you just focus on your own brilliant band?

We are all in it together ya know, the more the better. We just hope they aren’t falsely advertising themselves as wizards because that would give us a bad name.

16. What have been your musical career highlights so far?

It’s pretty sweet that people will pay us for a download of the album even though they don’t have to.

17. How do you relax when you’re not performing wizard-based rituals and musical riffs?

We cruise around in our magic van and get high. We climb to the highest mountain peaks and get high. We explore the deepest darkest caverns of the earth…and get high.

The wizards have dressed up like regular dildo musicians! - Their own words folks. Not mine.

18. How big of a help is BandCamp in getting your music noticed. Could you not create a big wonderful spell for people to check you out. Or can you not use your mysterious powers for things like that?

BandCamp has been a huge part in our introducing the music to the world. The real spell was summoning Cat Jones at Southern Cross PR for the next step. We are excited to see where this leads.

19. Which bands and albums have rocked your world in 2013. Any personal faves?

Ancient Warlocks released their self titled which had a song about a “Super Wizard” which we think is cool as fuck. The band Lilacs and Champagne have a song called Hamburgers and Tangerines, which we also like. Our buddies in White Orange just released Onawa -- also fucking rad.

20. What helpful advice would you give someone if they wanted to become a wizard or be apart of a musical troupe like yourselves?

Don’t half-ass any part of anything.

21. What does 2014 have in store for Blackwitch Pudding?

Well, world conquest starting with 19+ dates on the west coast in January and a video featuring the story of one of our sonic adventures are in our immediate future. Later in the year we are planning to continue touring this time heading east across the flat lands into uncharted territories. On top of that we are balls deep in conjuring our future sonic terrors. A large majority of the next record of spells is stewing as we speak.

22. Finally, Do you have anything to say to our readers before this inquisition ends? 

We are all…Children of the Broom Grinder.

Thanks to the awesome Wizards of Blackwitch Pudding for giving us such a great interivew. Thanks to Cat Jones at Southern Cross PR for arranging this weird and wonderful event. 

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