Only few women
are as essential and enigmatic for the world of rock as High Priestess of Occult,
Jinx
Dawson – forming the almighty Coven in the late 1960s – creating so the bedrock for a real
iconography, the significant landmark for the establishment of the foundation
of “how to” and
“when” the occult were introduced into music. Jinx Dawson is the idol, role model, paragon
and the “reason to be” for many great names out there, as Black Sabbath, Black Widow, King
Diamond and many more.
The major parts of
today’s “Satanic bands” (like Behemoth, Deicide, Venom) have taken inspiration from
Coven. Furthermore, not known by many is the fact that Jinx Dawson was the first ever to use
the “sign of the horns” on stage, starting in early 1968.
2013 saw the return
of Coven to the forefront of the music world with the release of Jinx, the first new album of
music in almost twenty years. A collection of rock, pop, psychedelic, and metal anthems with
contributions from Chicago metal/industrial supergroup Wolfpack 44 and avant-garde
Indianapolis stalwarts We Are Hex, as well as a number of unreleased Coven hymns given a
re-work in the studio, the Jinx album proved that
the test of time had not faded Coven’s luster one
bit and served to reassert enigmatic frontwoman Jinx Dawson’s dominance as THE
occult rock Queen, a standard she had set decades earlier with the 1969 release of the
now-fabled Coven classic Witchcraft: Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls.
Walpurgis of 2016
saw Coven release the two song EP “Light The Fire” which only served to whet the whistle
of rabid fans worldwide, and was planned as merely a teaser until a new
fulllength Coven album could
be recorded. Pre-production has begun, although no timetable for said release has
been established.
Jinx Dawson, High
Priestess Magus and lead singer of The Coven announces her pleasure that the band are
back, “We look forward to working together in Magick and Musick… And we are
wickedly excited to perform for our cherished friends at future concerts!”
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