Obsession and insanity. The anguish of failure. Hope and loss. The crushing cosmic void.The dramatic intensity of metal is a natural fit for immersive, multi-sensory storytelling, and on the ambitious and explosive The Flight After the Fall, Seattle’s Witch Ripper plot a course for the center of the universe with a concept album of soaring, impassioned prog and incendiary sludge.
Before leaving Minneapolis to return home to Seattle, guitarist/singer Curtis Parker crafted an EP meant to serve as a blueprint for the direction of his next musical endeavor. Built on that foundation, Witch Ripper came together as a band in the Emerald City, and released debut LP Homestead on DHU Records in 2018 to critical acclaim. The album fused dense sludge with stoner grooves and in-the-red hardcore speed, announcing Witch Ripper as a rising force in jagged, churning metal.