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Red Dragon is the witch house pioneers’ first full-length release since 2020’s Fires in Heaven

Salem’s John Holland and Jack Donoghue, November 2011 (Getty Images)

With little fanfare and even less warning, the first Salem album in nearly six years has materialized . Clocking in at nearly two hours and 31 tracks, Red Dragon gathers rare archival recordings that never got an official release alongside some new songs. At least one of those, the record’s title track, seems to feature vocals from Heather Marlatt, a founding member of Salem who left the group —currently a duo of Jack Donoghue and John Holland—prior to the release of their last LP, 2020’s Fires in Heaven . Scroll down to listen to Red Dragon .

Read about witch house in the 2021 feature 25 Microgenres That (Briefly) Defined the Last 25 Years .

Walden Green is a music writer and cultural critic who joined Pitchfork in 2024.…