Arizona’s Abigail Williams was formed in 2004 and named after an accuser at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The group was formed by guitarist Ken Sorceron, Ashley Jurgemeyer and bassist Tom Brougher. Mark Kozuback replaced the four stringer. Demos called Watchtower and Gallow Hill were issued, but the band focused its activity on the MySpace site. Singer Connor Woods would exit early in 2006 and would be replaced by Ken Sorceron. Also out would be Vehemence members Mark Kozuback and Andy Schroeder. The band signed to Candlelight Records for three albums, which issued the band’s demo material as a limited Edition EP in January of 2007. Abigail Williams opened for a reunited Emperor in July of 2006 in California. Also on the bill was Goatwhore. The group was recording a debut with James Murphy at that time. Guitarist Dannov left the band and rejoined in the spring of 2006.

The group decided to disband following a series of line-up changes and disappointing reviews in early 2007. The gang resurfaced in the autumn. The band also announced touring intentions. Ken Sorceron and Zach Gibson were joined by even newer cast of characters with the former having given up the guitarist position. Early 2008 reports had Emperor drummer Trym Torson recording with Abigail Williams as a replacement for the departed Zach Gibson. The band was recording a full-length.

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS – LEGEND – CANDLELIGHT  
Amazing what they call ‘black metal’ these days. Clearly influenced by the English Disney band Cradle Of Filth, America’s Abigail Williams is everything that should not be. Rattling programmed drums are the best thing one can note about this bunch of upstarts, for the meaningless guitars, screechy vocals mixed with clean boy band chants, pianos and synthesizers (naturally played by a girl with delusions of grandeur in a corset) and a song called The Conqueror Wyrm, in order to establish the band’s troo cvlt credentials via the scene approved spelling, really need no further elaboration.
This thing is billed as a limited edition 5-song EP, which is the way it should be. Wider dissemination of this demo-turned-official release would lead to broader embarrassment. Abigail Williams is the type of band that would be perfect on MySpace with a long list of ‘friends’ citing allegiance to COF, Dimmu Borgir and Marilyn Manson. Black metal fans – and metal fans in general – would and should stay away. Only fans of cloning would get into this. – Ali “The Metallian”