History Music / BellWitch

* LongTitle: ''Four Phantoms'' features such catchy titles as "Suffocation, a Burial: I - Awoken (Breathing Teeth)" and "Suffocation, a Drowning: II - Somniloquy (The Distance of Forever)".

* BaldOfAwesome: Jesse Shreibman.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They can go as high as a 10, though the quieter sections can reach as low as a 1.

* EpicRocking: Most of Bell Witch's songs are very long, generally being 10-20 minutes each, but ''Mirror Reaper'' takes this UpToEleven even for funeral doom, being a single song clocking in at ''83 minutes and 15 seconds'', making it quite possibly one of the longest songs in the entire genre of metal. This was largely accidental on the band's part, as most of it evolved out of lengthy jam sessions and they weren't even aware of how long the song was until they already had about an hour of music recorded. They also considered splitting the album into multiple shorter tracks for greater ease of listening, but decided this would do a disservice to the piece as a whole.

* GriefSong: "Mirror Reaper" may well be the most epic grief song ever recorded. Especially notable in that the album actually features a posthumous appearance from the person its mourning, in the form of unused vocals tracks Adrian originally recorded for ''Four Phantoms''. His contribution is credited as "The Words of the Dead" in the album's liner notes. It should be noted that work on the album was already well underway by the time of Guerra's passing, but after he died the record took on a new level of meaning as a tribute to him.

* GriefSong: "Mirror Reaper" may well be the most epic grief song ever recorded. Especially notable in that the album actually features posthumous vocals from Adrian Guerra, in the form of unused vocals tracks he originally recorded for ''Four Phantoms''. His contribution is credited as "The voices of the dead" in the album's liner notes. It should be noted that work on the album was already well underway by the time of Guerra's passing, but after he died the record took on a new level of meaning as a tribute to him.

* {{Sampling}}: "Beneath the Mask" uses a sample from ''Masque of the Red Death'' to haunting effect.

* TheStoic: Both band members.

* EpicInstrumentalOpener: Many of their songs feature this, particularly "Bails (Of Flesh)" and "Mirror Reaper".

* SopranoAndGravel: Their vocals alternate between harsh death growls and soft, clean vocals, which many reviewers have compared to monastic chants.

Bell Witch is a DoomMetal band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 2010 by Dylan Desmond (bass, vocals) and Adrian Guerra (drums, vocals), the band plays a slow, heavy, and extremely melancholic form of doom metal called funeral doom. Their compositions tend to be long and minimalistic, with songs often lasting for upwards of 20 minutes and featuring long stretches of quiet ambience to punctuate the crushing doom metal sections. The band has so far released three albums and a demo tape, and has achieved significant underground success within metal circles.

* SopranoAndGravel: Their vocals alternate between harsh death growls and soft, clean vocals, which many reviewers have compared to monastic choral chants.

* TrueCompanions: Dylan and Adrian, arguably Jesse as well. Even Adrian's departure was in no bad blood either and he gave his blessing for Jesse to join after he departed. When Adrian passed, Jesse and Dylan felt the best way to honor Adrian was record ''Mirror Reaper'' as a tribute to him and even use the unused vocal tracks Adrian recorded during the ''Four Phantoms'' sessions.

* RecurringRiff: "Beneath the Mask" and "Outro" both feature the same chord progression.

In 2016, Adrian Guerra was forced to leave the band due to his increasingly severe alcoholism, and with his blessing was replaced by his housemate, Jesse Shreibman, formerly of the grindcore band Transient. Shortly after this, Guerra sadly passed away in his home at the age of 35. Though Desmond and Shreibman had serious doubts about continuing the band after Guerra's death, they decided to continue on, recording a a new album and dedicating it to his memory. The album, entitled ''Mirror Reaper'', consists of a single 83 minute long song, and was released on October 20th, 2017.

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted by both Guerra and Shreibman. This being doom metal, there wasn't really much doom for this to begin with.

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted hard by both Guerra and Shreibman. This being doom metal, there wasn't really much doom for this to begin with.

* BreatherEpisode: "Beneath the Mask" on ''Longing'', which features no drums at all, consisting of isolated bass chords and a sample from the film version of ''Masque of the Red Death''.

* EpicRocking: Most of Bell Witch's songs are very long, generally being 10-20 minutes each, but ''Mirror Reaper'' takes this UpToEleven even for funeral doom, being a single song clocking in at ''83 minutes and 15 seconds'', making it quite possibly one of the longest songs in the entire genre of metal.
* GriefSong: "Mirror Reaper" may well be the most epic grief song ever recorded. Especially notable in that the album actually features posthumous vocals from Adrian Guerra, in the form of unused vocals tracks he originally recorded for ''Four Phantoms''. His contribution is credited as "The voices of the dead" in the album's liner notes.

* TrueCompanions: Dylan and Adrian, arguably Jesse as well. Even Adrian's departure was in no blood either and he gave his blessing for Jesse to join after he departed. When Adrian passed, Jesse and Dylan felt the best way to honor Adrian was record ''Mirror Reaper'' as a tribute to him and even use the unused vocal tracks Adrian recorded during the ''Four Phantom'' sessions.

Bell Witch is a DoomMetal band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 2010 by Dylan Desmond (bass, vocals) and Adrian Guerra (drums, vocals), the band plays a slow, heavy, and extremely melancholic form of doom metal called funeral doom. Their compositions tend to be long and minimalistic, with songs often lasting for upwards of 20 minutes and featuring long stretches of quiet ambience to punctuate the crushing doom metal sections. The band has so far released two albums and a demo tape, and has achieved significant underground success within metal circles.

* Jesse Shreibman (drums, vocals)

* Adrian Guerra (drums, vocals)

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Beneath the Mask".

In 2016, Adrian Guerra was forced to leave the band due to his increasingly severe alcoholism, and with his blessing was replaced by his housemate, Jesse Shreibman, formerly of the grindcore band Transient. Shortly after this, Guerra sadly passed away in his home at the age of 35. Though Desmond and Shreibman had serious doubts about continuing the band after Guerra's death, they decided to continue on, recording a a new album and dedicating it to his memory. The album, entitled ''Mirror Reaper'', consists of a single 83 minute long song, and will be released on October 20th, 2017.

* SignatureStyle: Glacially slow pacing, melodic leads mixed with harsh doom riffs, and a mixture of harsh growls and gentle cleans for vocals.

* SubduedSection: Almost all of their songs have one. In general, they prefer to have long stretches of quite to break up the head crushing metal.

* LeadBassist: Jesse Shreibman.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Jesse Shreibman has described the band's songs as "ghost stories", and most of their music seems to revolve around the idea of spirits caught in purgatory, unable to move on to the next life and accept their deaths.

* SubduedSection: Almost all of their songs have one. In general, they prefer to have long stretches of quite to break up the