But at 84 minutes for one single song, Mirror Reaper takes the funeral cake. Those ponderers and mind expanders in the audience can appreciate a good album side stint so as to enjoy a beer or two. There have been other bands that have laid out whole sides of an LP dedicated to just one song. It’s heavier and far more sorrowful than anything Bell Witch has done before. What we have now is an entirely different Mirror Reaper than what was begun back in 2016.

With the addition of Jesse Shreibman on drums, vocals, and organ the two set to finishing the record. While in the process of writing Mirror Reaper Guerra passed away suddenly, leaving Desmond to pick up the pieces.

Their minimalistic approach to songwriting gives their songs a storied, vast sound. But the mix of just bass and drums with the distant guttural roar of vocals that sound more like ancient tomes that lyrics for a rock song, give Bell Witch’s tracks an open and vast sound. In 2015 Four Phantoms was dropped and they seemed to have solidified a sound that was equal parts Gothic, slow core, doom metal, and ambient. With this set up they released their demo in 2011, followed by Longing in 2012. The Seattle band started out as a two-piece with Adrien Guerra on drums and vocals and Dylan Desmond on bass and vocals. They’re more like movements than songs, really. Each are meditative, minimalistic doom metal. But if you’ve got the time, Bell Witch have one hell of an album for you.īell Witch have under their belt, including their Mirror Reaper, three full-length albums. If that last sentence scares you, then Mirror Reaper may not be for you. It’s a record that takes patience in order to get through, as it’s one 84-minute track. It’s a dense affair that feels very much like a meditation on grief and mourning. Bell Witch’s Mirror Reaper is an album that takes some time opening up and getting inside.

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