Wykked Wytch Releases 'Sweet Dreams' Video

Miami, Florida's Wykked Wytch released the music video for their 'cover of a cover' version of Sweet Dreams today. The extreme black/death track is off their latest release entitled, Memories of a Dying Whore. Kevin Custer, who recently shot Overkill's new video directed the shoot which took place in New York.

An upcoming tour and possible digital EP is in the works, according the bands statement in the following interview.

Blissfulviolet: Sweet Dreams...how did the idea to cover this song come up? Are you a fan of Annie Lennox?

WW: Originally it was a joke for practice; we said 'let's do a cover song of a cover song.' We thought it was gonna be fun to do a cover of the Marilyn Manson version and it started growing on us, so we decided to release it. I don't listen Annie Lennox but I guess she is good what she does...

Blissfulviolet: Considering that Marilyn Manson and some underground artist have covered this song before, what do you think your version brings new to the table and how do you feel about Manson's version?

WW: Basically our version was suppose to be a "cover" of a "cover". We've never heard of any extreme metal bands cover the song or we wouldn't have tried. We butchered it in a sense that song is transformed into a new modern, speedy version. The riff in Sweet Dreams felt so "black metal". Manson's was great, but its pop compared to ours.

Blissfulviolet: Are there any other songs that you think would make a great cover if they were revamped black metal style or plans for Wykked Wytch to cover any other songs in the future?

WW: Since we've got such a great response with Sweet Dreams, we are planning to do a digital ep with several covers. We should make the announcement in a few months, but nothing solid yet.

Blissfulviolet: Tell us about the Sweet Dreams video shoot. How did it go and were any of the bands ideas incorporated in its making or was it completely taken care of by the director?

WW: The video shoot went great. We came up with the idea and concept ourselves. Originally we wanted to shoot in a sewer, but settled with an alley in Harlem. The director helped us accomplish our vision and created and shot the narrative separate. He did a great job and you will be seeing a lot from him in the future. He just shot the new Overkill video and has a video with Kingdom Of Sorrow coming up.

Blissfulviolet: What would you say you enjoyed the most about making this particular video?

WW: We loved making this video cuz we loved the song and how it got resurrected from a pop song to black/death extreme. It was very cold and cloudy in NY so it gave a great mood for band to perform.

Blissfulviolet: How has Wykked Wytch's latest release, Memories of a Dying Whore been received so far?

WW: The album has just been released worldwide and all the feedback has been positive. We are now looking forward to promote the album and touring.

Blissfulviolet: Any idea when the touring will take place?

WW: We should have a major tour announcement soon and the promotion for the album is taking off now. Video & radio airplay starting in the next few weeks and magazine articles coming out as well.

Blissfulviolet: Sounds great, cool video and version of Sweet Dreams by the way...Any final comments?

WW: Thanks for the support and spreading our disease!

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FEATURED ARTISTS:

Black Crucifixion

Forn - Vocals, instruments

E. Henrik - instruments

B. Aphel - guitar

Kullervo - drums

BIOGRAPHY:

BLACK CRUCIFIXION was a pioneering black metal band back at the beginning on 90’s. They disbanded before other bands made it big, but they have had a huge influence on the darker metal scene along with their brother band BEHERIT. BLACK CRUCIFIXION began in 1991 featuring FORNICATOR (vocals) and BLACKSOUL (guitar) with Beherit members SODOMATIC SLAUGHTER (drums) and WENNSTRÖM (bass) joining them.

BLACK CRUCIFIXION’s debut demo “The Fallen One of Flames” was recorded in 1991. BEHERIT’s main man HOLOCAUSTO VENGEANCE co-produced the sessions and wrote some of the material. But black metal was already beginning to lose what made it different from all other styles of music: band after band started to paint their faces and compete in brutalities and morbid deeds. It became a trend. Both BLACK CRUCIFIXION and BEHERIT had to evolve musically. With new member E.HENRIK (bass) onboard the band’s sound made a huge leap.

“Promethean Gift” was recorded in 1992 and came out in 1993, presenting metal that, like BATHORY, CELTIC FROST, SAMAEL, BEHERIT (Drawing Down the Moon), TIAMAT and NECROMANTIA, reaches beyond the boring monotony of less talented bands. In 1996 BLACK CRUCIFIXION started to work on a full length album entitled “Faustian Dream”, but it was not finalised as the band grew tired of the scene around them. The album took ten years to be completed and it was released in 2006 to much critical acclaim and debate.

BAND WEBSITES:

www.paasto.com/bc
www.myspace.com/blackcrucifixionband

TRACKS PLAYED:

1. Master Spirit (Fallen One of Flames 1991 demo)
2. Promethean Gift (Promethean Gift 1992)
3. Where will you Hide (Faustian Dream 2006)
4. Bible Black Tyrant (Faustian Dream 2006)


Benatnash

SALAI ERESHKIGAL-Vocals
BAAL TARAN-Synths, Programming and Samples
LORD DEIMOS-Guitars

BIOGRAPHY:

Formed by Salai Ereshkigal and Samael on vocal and synths respectively, Benatnash was born on the first full moon of 2001 in Mexico City like an offering to the Sumerian goddess of the same name, that inhabit the star named like she, a red lighted star that when appears announce the doom or the disgrace of mankind. They kept giving live gigs for a year since April of 2001, they recorded the demo "Hidden Somnus’ storm" in may of 2001, and a year later (2002) they made an auto edition of their first album "Reprobo Corruptio Drama" full of lyrics that tells the end of mankind by war, by hunger, by sickness, by theirselves; as a matter of fact Benatnash originally recorded the demo songs in English but they were translated to Spanish when the album was recorded.

When "Reprobo Corruptio Drama" appeared the band needed more members so they were seeking for a guitar player and a bass player, the first appeared and kept working for almost a year on the band whom live gigs got more intense, on that time Benatnash made a mixture of Opera and Black metal. One year later a female bass player joined to Benatnash making the band like a female black metal band. After a little tour in Mexico beside almost all the Mexican bands, on November of 2003 the band started to compose the new album that will be raw and more intense than the "Reprobo..." taking apart the Opera and keeping the Black Metal, joining it with medieval influences. The new album will be named "War Prophecies" with English lyrics.

On august of 2005 Xava Anjana a female bass player was added to Benatnash, on December of 2007 decided to quit. On october of the same year Lord Deimos was added to Benatnash. Besides the album Benatnash had musicalized art exhibitions inspired on dead and war, also had being support band of Deep Red and Dimmu Borgir.

TRACKS PLAYED:

All Tracks Played from War Prophecies 2007 release:
1. Intro (War Prophecies)
2. Black Cyclone
3. Great Mother of Doom
4. Necrocosmos

BAND WEBSITES:

www.myspace.com/benatnash