Witchking's debut album available NOW!
You can order it here:Foreshadow - Poland
Rock Serwis - Poland
Cruz Del Sur - Italy
Karthago Records - Germany
Brennus Music - France
Aural Offerings MySpace - France
Eat Metal Records - Greece
Rock Inc. - Benelux (in shops)
Emanes Metal Records - France
Weird Truth - Japan
Inferno Records - France
My Graveyard Prod. - Italy
The idea of creating this band arose in Fall 2003, when Mateusz "Gajdek" Gajdzik and Darek "Rambo" Bieniek left their former group called "Rapid Fire". These two were the authors of a new project which was to be called "Steel Crown". They were soon joined by a drummer Borsuk, and known from MAYHAYRON guitarist Sado. Unfortunately this line-up was short lived and practically left nothing worth remembering. Only in February 2004 vocalist Pane joined Gajdek and Rambo, and but a few weeks later Marcin "Dziadek" Jungiewicz came into the frame as a new drummer. At this point the band started creating their first original compositions and lyrics. In the late spring Tomasz "Hadra" Pater became a second guitarist. This way the band was ready and waiting to take over the stage. It was around that time that the band was renamed to WITCHKING, a name inspired by one of the bands' songs. On the 12th of June 2004, the band played its' first gig: an opening for MAYHAYRON in Popularny Pub in Cracow. In summer, Pane's health problems started to become a serious obstacle, therefore in September the band decided to recruit a new vocalist - Kamil acina. Three weeks later, on the 9th of October 2004 WITCHKING entered DIAMOND RECORDING STUDIO, supervised by the ever-watchful eyes of Domink Burzym. The recording of a two-song debut material took only two days, and a CD containing "Under The Siege" and "And The Bearer Goes...", as well as a bonus video footage from the studio was ready. On the 24th of October 2004 the band played their first gig in the new line-up, opening for SOURREAL and MAYHAYRON in Machina Club in Cracow. Since then WITCHKING played with the following bands: THE CHAINSAW, DRAGONS EYE, SORCERER, KRUK, ELIZABETH, MIDDLE FINGER, STOS.