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Death Penalty (1982) by Witchfinder General. Labels: Heavy Metal Members: Zeeb Parkes, Phil Cope, Zak Bajjon, Steve "Kid Nimble" Kinsell.

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Death Penalty is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Witchfinder General. It was released in 1982 on Heavy Metal Records. The album received some criticism for the cover photograph, which featured topless model Joanne Latham. The photograph had been taken in the yard of St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Enville, Staffordshire, without the permission of the local Reverend

Death Penalty Lyrics. Life in prison, is it enough For what they do One day soon, so very close It could be you A life for a life, that's the way The only way I say The chair is best, also sweet The power's all we pay. The power's all we pay We'll end it all today The power's all we pay.

Death Penalty shows definite promise in some areas, but the vocals need more identity and a thicker tone. As influential as the NWOBHM was, it’s a fallacy to think that everything that came out then was a classic. Bands like Pentagram and Witchfynde were doing this better with a more refined and well-crafted sound. Witchfinder General, perhaps the strongest song on a album full of gems comes on. Tony Iommi himself would drool over these riffs, and with the awesome chorus (Cos' Im the Witchfinder General!) this should have been a Heavy Metal timeless classic. Burning a Sinner, which was previously recorded as a single, reappears again on this album, only this second take, things are much better.

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In 1982 a little band out of Stourbridge, England called Witchfinder General released their debut album, Death Penalty, an album musically evoking Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, and some times even Black Sabbath. Riding the coattails of the NWOBHM, though musically almost completely unrelated to it, Witchfinder General found that more attention was being paid to their controversial album covers (featuring naked models) than to their music and quickly disbanded

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Album · 1981 · 7 Songs. Death Penalty Witchfinder General. Listen on Apple Music.