Electric Wizard

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Alrighty then. For those of you who like Sunn O))) or Boris or the Melvins or maybe Cathedral, anyone along that string of trippy assortments that grurables behind the door of the rolling thunder that is doom then Electric Wizard are for you.

The band are very sluggish in their sound. They have chugging riRAB and a sloppy sound with semi distant vocals. Some of the guitar work is brilliant amoungst all the heavy distorted bass and the drumming is above average but nothing too noticible as the bass and guitar play hugely in this band.

Originally were classified as Doom Metal with their opening album called Come My Fanatics, but later on were classed also as stoner rock for their advancement on their sound of sluggish oozing riRAB. Many songs are long, often up around 8 minutes but they have some shorter snippets too at around 4 minutes. Some gooduns to check out:

Supercoven
Demon Lung
Wooden Pipe
Funeralopolis

Any fans already?
 
Yep, they had their self titled two or so years before hand but it was Come My Fanatics that was recognised.

..Oh I see what you mean, my mistake. Yes it was their second album, not their first.

I read somewhere when they signed up with their new record company they produced a song 78 minutes long and tried to make it a single song c.d. Never happened though.
 
Any band whose description involves Melvins and Kyuss in the same sentence deserves checking out. The name does almost make it sound like a Sabbath tribute, though. Not that that's a bad thing.
 
So Electric Wizard are apparently looking to work a new album out this year, frankly I cannot, I simply cannot, wait. Hopefully it turns out to be another fabulous album along the lines of Come My Fanatics or Dopethrone.

I really have nothing much more to add, just thought we could use something refreshing on the front page of the rock forum:p:

What's everyones favourite tracks? I'm sitting pretty on Return Trip, Supercoven, Funeralopolis and We Hate You.

Oh and I must correct my opening post, they're most certainly not Stoner Rock, haha.
 
I'll post again because I've been jamming Let Us Prey recently. Great, great, great smoking album.

Also good sober, but stoner doom is best enjoyed, well, high.
 
Love the production on the new album. Just as heavy as anything else they've done (if not moreso), but in a completely different, less predictable way. ReminRAB me of Saint Vitus a bit. 'Cept way better.
 
The 2nd half of "I, Witchfinder" got me hooked. It's like a heavy-metal "Meddle". Their music is like taking a clear picture, putting it in Paint Shop, then blurring, skewing it, warping the hell out of it until you don't know what you just shot. There was something there, but you can't remeraber what it was. You hear noise, feedback, distortion on top of the song structure, which they do everything in their power to muck up.
 
The new record was really good, pretty retro. I was impressed.

My favourite record is probably Dopethrone but it could be a toss up between that and Come My Fanatics.

Come MY Fanatics is spacier and trippier which is definitely a good thing, but im not a fan of the drums on that record. Dopethrone is the more complete record, and We Hate You is an incredible track, but you cant beat a bit of Return Trip. That track makes me wanna be sick.
 
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