The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch

Re:The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch by mecsred on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:32PM (#36992259)

There's also a doom metal band called Bell Witch[1]. I can't say I know this event is the inspiration for the name but I'd be surprised if it was just coincidence.

[1]https://www.bellwitchdoom.net/

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Re:The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch by runjake on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:11PM (#36992734)

From the second paragraph of the article:

  The legend has inspired all manner of music, from Charles Faulkner Bryant’s
  classical cantata to the Seattle-based doom metal band that took Bell Witch 
  as its name.

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Re:The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch by flobosg on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:15PM (#36992781)

In 2018, at the Roadburn festival, I got the chance to see them play their single-song, 80+ minute album “Mirror Reaper”[1] live. It was quite an experience; at some points both the band and the audience were so quiet that you could have heard a pin drop in the venue.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10q1ZJyLXFk

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Re:The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch by tonfreed on Friday August 04, 2023 @06:48PM (#37006884)

I saw them open for Conan a few years ago. I loved it, though an accurate description from the girlfriend of an acquaintance was "it was like listening to the end of a song for 40 minutes"

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