Wykked Wytch
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Wykked Wytch is a Melodic Black Metal band signed to Perish Music Group from Miami, Florida, USA.
Biography
He was formed in Philadelphia, USA in 1994. Led by the demonic vocal assault of frontwoman Ipek , Wykked Wytch is a female-fronted black metal band hailing from South Florida. The band plays a mixture of black, death, thrash and gothic metal with melody, technicality, and aggression to create a sound which has gained them a strong cult following throughout the world.[citation needed]
Founded in the mid 1990s, Ipek formed Wykked Wytch in Philadelphia. The band's first release (on her own label Cauldron Records) saw the light of day in September 1996. The album, Something Wykked This Way Comes, received critical acclaim throughout the US and the rest of the world.[citation needed] After its initial pressing, Demolition Records, a UK-based metal label picked up the album for European distribution and re-issued the album with an extra two tracks.
In the fall of 1999, Ipek revamped Wykked Wytch with a new line-up and started to write material for the band’s second album, Angelic Vengeance. The album was recorded at Damage Studios in Ventimiglia, Italy with John Rae (of the UK band Pain Control) sessioning on drums. The album was produced by Kit Woolven (Cradle of Filth, Anathema) and mastered by Jim Morris (Cannibal Corpse, Death) at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida.
Angelic Vengeance was released in the fall of 2001 and Wykked Wytch took their show on the road to support the album in Europe. The band landed the coveted support spot on the "Hell Comes To Your Town 2" European Tour with thrash legends Kreator, Sodom and Destruction.
After returning home from a successful European tour in 2002, Ipek and guitarist Gio Geraca began collaborating on material for the third album Nefret. In late 2002, Wykked Wytch cut demos at Audiohammer Studios in Orlando, Florida with engineer Jason Suceof (Trivium, Devildriver) and session drums performed by Richard Christy (Death, Iced Earth, The Howard Stern Show).
By early 2003, the writing for the third album was completed and the band went into the studio to begin recording. The album was recorded at Studio 13 in Deerfield Beach, Florida and was produced by Jeremy Staska (Marilyn Manson, Poison the Well) and the band. The album cover art for Nefret was once again handled by Chad Michael Ward (Soilwork, Darkane), who also designed the cover for Wykked Wytch’s previous album. Soon after the completion of the album Wykked Wytch shot a video for the track "The Soul Awaits".
After several delays the album was finally released in the Fall of 2004 through Demolition Records / Dreamcatcher Records. Wykked Wytch spent the first half of 2005 on the road in Europe as part of an extensive touring campaign. The three month trek had Wykked Wytch first teaming up with Carpathian Forest, Tsjuder and E-Force for six weeks. The band then continued their touring of Europe by joining the No Mercy Fests with Six Feet Under, Nile, Dark Funeral, Disbelief, Dying Fetus and Cataract.
On returning home from Europe, Wykked Wytch started to write material for their fourth album. In August 2005, the band entered Red Room Recorders in Tampa with engineer Mark Prator (Deicide, Obituary) to record demos. The band finished 2005 by supporting Deicide on a month long tour of Europe and were joined by drummer John Rae who had performed drums on Wykked Wytch's second album Angelic Vengeance.
At the beginning of 2006, Wykked Wytch signed with UK based label SixSixSix Records, owned by Cradle of Filth bassist Dave Pybus. This would be a short lived union and the band soon part ways with the label. They would go on to self-finance their fourth album Memories of a Dying Whore and begin recording at Redroom Recorders in Tampa with Mark Prator engineering. Before the completion of the album Wykked Wytch would join Hanzel and Gretyl and Bella Morte for a short US tour "Oktotenfest" in the Fall of 2006.
In 2007 Wykked Wytch completed the album. The album was mixed by Eric Rachel at Trax East Studios in New Jersey and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Studios in New York. After several delays Memories of a Dying Whore was released in December through Perish Music Group.
In 2008 released the band 2 covers and making to the songs videos, the songs are Sweet Dreams from Eurythmics and Bring Me to Life from Evanescence. For Sweet Dreams was apart an trailer to the promotion contorted.
Members
Currently line-up
- Ipek - Vocals
- Gio Geraca - Guitars
- Sean Young - Guitars
- Kenny - Bass
- Salvatore LoPresti - Keyboards
- John Rae - Drums
Former Members
- Mark Warlokk - Guitars
- Sean Tibbetts - Bass
- David - Bass and Guitars
- Barry Meyers - Bass
- Ben Kuzay - Bass
- Steve Brubaker - Drums
- Harry Ketterer - Drums
- John Rae - Drums
- Koos - Drums
- Richard Christy - Drums
Discography
Demos:
- Awakened (2008)
Album:
- Something Wykked This Way Comes (1996) (Re-release in (2000) with extra two tracks)
- Angelic Vengeance (2001)
- Nefret (2004)
- Memories of a Dying Whore (2008)
Videos:
- The Soul Awaits (2004)
- Sweet Dreams (2008) (Eurythmics Cover)
- Awakened (2008)
- Bring Me to Life (2008) (Evanescence Cover)