''Witchcraft'' is the debut album from the

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Track listing

# "Witchcraft" – 6:00 # "The Snake" – 2:48 # "Please Don't Forget Me" (Liebling) – 2:13 # " Lady Winter" – 2:58 # "What I Am" – 3:45 # "Schyssta lögner" – 1:57 # "No Angel or Demon" – 3:28 # "I Want You to Know" – 3:16 # "It's So Easy" – 3:53 # "You Bury Your Head" – 4:40 # " Her Sisters They Were Weak" – 6:00 # "Yes I Do" (Liebling) - 2:34 (Vinyl & Japan-only bonus track)

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* 2004 albums Witchcraft (band) albums Rise Above Records albums {{2000s-doom-metal-album-stub