Release and Promotion
Something Wicked This Way Comes was released on July 7, 1998. Besides being available on CD, the album was also released as a gatefold LP, limited to 2 000 copies. For the album's supporting tour, drummer Brent Smedley rejoined the band, while guitarist Larry Tarnowski was hired as a full-time member as well. While on tour, a music video was shot for the track "Melancholy (Holy Martyr)" at Wacken Open Air, 1998. The band also recorded their first live album, Alive in Athens, in Athens, Greece on January 23 and 24, 1999.
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