Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen is a guitar heroine for our times. Her molten, overdriven guitar sound is forged in the same fiery furnace as Hendrix, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, then plunged into a steaming vat of free jazz in the Sonny Sharrock/Fred Frith mould.

In tracks like "The Rex" and "Lake Acid", you'll hear the megalithic riffology of LED ZEPPELIN's "Kashmir" and "Rock'N'Roll", but with an agility and intensity peculiar to the dark Northern regions where she and her bandmates were raised.

"All Of Them Witches" follows the previous 2011 Rune Grammofon release of HEDVIG MOLLESTAD TRIO, "Shoot!", and like labelmates ELEPHANT9 and GRAND GENERAL, represent a thrilling new progressive wave of Norwegian avant rock/free metal energy.

This latest batch of electrifying instrumentals was recorded live in the island environment of Ocean Sound studio, a grass-roofed wooden barn on the edge of the Norwegian Sea fitted with state of the art equipment, where HEDVIG MOLLESTAD TRIO could swim in the freezing waters before breakfast and stretch their gaze out to the horizon in mid-take.

It's no surprise that such widescreen surroundings should give rise to epic concepts, and the title of first track "Sing, Goddess" takes its name from the opening line of Homer's Iliad.

Inspired by the wide open skies, "Shawshank" and "Ghrá Rúnda" are more reflective pieces, bathed in controlled feedback.

Personnel: Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen - guitar, Ellen Brekken - bass, Ivar Loe Bjornstad - drums