The Witch-Black/Doom Metal from Colombia
Interview with Jay Parker
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Interview by Andrew Stanton
The Witch are a very cool new band from Colombia. Andrew Stanton talked to his friend Jay Parker about their new album. Hello and welcome to Inside the Darkness. “Hi Andrew, thanks for interviewing us, it’s always an honour to talk to you.” - Can you tell our readers a bit about your history, please? “The Witch was formed in 2019 in Bogota, Colombia by Jay and Carlo...we were joined by Cynthia Ibarra to record
the demo, 5 tracks, which we did from Jan 2019-Feb 2019. Then the pandemic arrived, and everything kinda went to shit, plan wise. We were fortunate enough to be able to continue re-
compilations. We were joined by Ivette Fagua Laura Kurten on female vocals and they recorded most of the stuff with us during the quarantine. Since 2022 we’ve been working on a new album with our new vocalist, Star Ruby.” What bands did you like g r o w ing up? “I grew up in the UK, and my father was an old Rocker... I grew up on Sabbath, The Doors, Deep Purple, Motorhead; Hendrix, The Stones...
, e n i r t c o d a s i e m m s a i s n a e t Sad causes th ce as an nd ignoranine. bli y other doctr an cording during the quarantines, and we wrote and recorded 2 3 EPs and and album, and other songs which are mainly going on splits and
