Acclaimed British hard rock sect, Wytch Hazel, released its new album, ‘Wytch Hazel IV: Sacrament’, on June 2 via Bad Omen Records. Recorded with longtime producer Ed Turner (Purson), and tracked in a converted Baptist chapel in rural Wales, the record is a resounding achievement and glittering treasure chest that builds on the momentum of the band’s celebrated 2020 album ‘Wytch Hazel III: Pentecost‘. Wytch Hazel‘s growing climb continues as ‘IV: Sacrament’ has landed on the Billboard charts in its first week of release. The record placed at #15 on Billboard‘s Top New Artists Albums, #20 on its Current Hard Music Albums, and at #66 on the Independent Albums Chart, all first time accomplishments for the young group. Alas, despite racking up enough sales to secure a place in the upper echelons of the Rock & Metal chart in their home country, The UK Chart Company classified ‘IV: Sacrament’ as only eligible for the Gospel Chart. “We didn’t expect them to look at the lyrics” quips vocalist / guitarist Colin Hendra.
Wytch Hazel‘s indelible sound has caught the ear of many of today’s tastemaker indie platforms, with the quartet being hailed as “the most badass Christian metal outfit out there today” by Invisible Oranges, while the album lauded as “a hard-rocking, foot-stomping good time” by MetalSucks, “powerful and emotive” by Heavy Music HQ, “one of the hookiest bands around” by Angry Metal Guy, “excellent rock” by Nine Circles, and “gloriously bright heavy metal” by Metal Injection, who pegged Wytch Hazel as a band to watch as part of its “Lesser-Known Modern Heavy Metal Bands You Need In Your Life” hot list. Wytch Hazel is a singular source of hard rock/heavy metal dominion, offering a never ending quantum of medieval melodic structures and to uplifting hymns to the Lord. The fourth Wytch Hazel album is overflowing with indelible earworms the likes of which must be heard to be believed. And believe, you shall. | 
