Wiccans Phase IV Vinyl LP 2026

Tracklist:

1. Crucifixion
2. Primordial Sorcery
3. Barbarian Queen
4. Belly of the Beast
5. Prison Planet Bios-4
6. Place for Peace
7. Final War
8. In Pandemonium
9. Sacrificial Lamb
10. Vermiform (In a Perfect World)
11. Crystal Magic

Wiccans have spent nearly two decades cultivating cult-status with only a small number of releases, each one treated as its own benchmark. Rather than leaning on lineage, they carve out a space that merges American psychedelia, hard rock, and the force of American hardcore without diluting any of it. Where so many bands gesture toward these influences, Wiccans actually land them.

Phase IV pushes that collision further. The songwriting is unpredictable, the guitars veer between precision and chaos, and the vocals sound genuinely furious rather than stylised. Its a record that refuses to settle into a formula, even as the genre around it grows increasingly narrow.

Crucially, the improved production doesnt tame their sound; it amplifies the risk. Phase IV feels like a band pushing their own standard, not repeating it, and landing on something thats brazen, inventive, and loud enough to jolt even the most jaded listener.

In a crowded field of competent hardcore releases, this doesnt just meet expectations it feels like the rare thing that actually moves the style forward.