Witchcraft don’t just return with Idag—they arrive. After more than two decades of forging a path through Sweden’s doom underground and beyond, IDAG is the full accounting: a convergence of everything the band has been, and a glimpse of what they might still become.
Streaming in full below ahead of its May 23 release via Heavy Psych Sounds, Idag is Witchcraft’s seventh album and the long-awaited answer to a discography defined by restless evolution. From the analog-seeking spellcraft of their 2004 self-titled debut through the progressive depths of The Alchemist, the modern riff heft of Legend, and the acoustic minimalism of Black Metal, founding guitarist and vocalist Magnus Pelander has never stood still.
Idag—Swedish for “today”—ties it all together. It opens with the heaviest track they’ve ever recorded (the eight-minute title track), struts through ’70s-styled swagger on “Irreligious Flamboyant Flame,” and weaves in acoustic-based pieces like “Om Du Vill” and “Gläntan (Längtan),” which channel a soulfully folkish doom spirit that feels both ancient and personal. This isn’t revivalism—it’s refinement.
Pelander, who handled production and wrote all the music and lyrics, calls it plainly: “This album will reap souls and destroy wicked minds. And perhaps mend a couple of broken ones.” There’s a wink in the phrasing—a nod to Coven’s 1969 proto-doom relic Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls—but there’s also truth. IDAG plays like a culmination, a reckoning, a thesis. Not just another Witchcraft record. The Witchcraft record.
Stream the album in full below and preorder Idag now via Heavy Psych Sounds on LP, CD, cassette, and digital formats. Then, go sit in the woods for a while and try to make sense of what you just heard.
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