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Witching Hour is the fifth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 27 September 2013 through Prophecy Productions. It is a concept album based on popular fictional witches. A digipak version containing a bonus track, as well as a deluxe edition featuring three bonus tracks, were also released.

Witching Hour
Studio album by The Vision Bleak
Released	27 September 2013
Genre	Gothic metal
Length	39:02
Label	Prophecy Productions
Producer	Martin Koller
The Vision Bleak chronology
Set Sail to Mystery (2010) Witching Hour (2013) The Kindred of the Sunset (2016)

A music video for the track "The Wood Hag", entirely animated in stop motion and directed by Fursy Teyssier, was uploaded on Prophecy's official YouTube channel on September 4 to serve as a teaser.[1]

Track listing

Trivia

• "A Witch Is Born" references in its lyrics the Weird Sisters of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
• "The Blocksberg Rite" and "Hexenmeister" reference the "Walpurgisnacht" scene in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust.
• "Cannibal Witch" references the Slavic folktale of the Baba Yaga.
• "The Wood Hag" is a dark retelling of the fairytale "Hansel and Gretel".

Personnel

The Vision Bleak

• Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
• Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards

Guest musicians

• Lana McHall – additional vocals

Miscellaneous staff

• Martin Koller – production

References

External links

• The Vision Bleak's official website

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