For those who worship at the altar of Doom, this is a night 10 years in the making. Witch Mountain have been Portland's resident heavy metal band since 1997, when Rob Wrong, David Hoopaugh, and Nathan Carson exploded on the scene with a sound so hard that only an audience of primarily European rock fans could handle what they were throwing down. Since their debut full-length Come the Mountain in 2001, the world has seen no releases from Witch Mountain—until tonight. Their trademark instrumentals, droning and maddening, were forever altered by the addition of Uta Plotkin as singer in 2009, and their brand-new sophomore record South of Salem incorporates the band's intensely dosed musical madness with the enchanting fury of Plotkin's vocals that, for lack of any better word, are simply bewitching. MARANDA BISH