Founded in 2007, Italy's Witchunter began as the manifestation of true heavy metal obsession. Foremost among those metallic obsessions were the NWOBHM, '80s European heavy metal and speed metal, and especially '70s hard rock sounds and attitude. It all coalesced together into a paradoxically refreshing version of traditional metal in the vein of Angel Witch, Jaguar, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Saxon.