Electric Wizard (bass, metal, rock, single, album)

Merkaba · 11-19-2005, 04:03 AM

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 grumbles 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 riffs 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 riffs. 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?

itchytasty · 11-23-2005, 10:34 PM

I'm a fan

Dopethrone is my favorite.

Come My Fanatics was their second album?

Merkaba · 11-23-2005, 11:04 PM

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.

kesson_daslef · 11-26-2005, 02:33 AM

Electric Wizard is crazy, I think Dopethrone is defintely their best cd.

riseagainstrocks · 11-26-2005, 03:00 PM

True doom.

good ****. one of their guitarist plays in Ramsess I think...

cardboard adolescent · 11-26-2005, 05:06 PM

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.

Yanqui_UXO · 12-09-2005, 07:30 PM

bump

this band is Incredible with a capital I.

their self-titled debut is good too

Merkaba · 05-12-2007, 05:15 AM

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

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.

tdoc210 · 05-12-2007, 08:56 AM

i only have let us pray and dopethrone
can't find anything else

riseagainstrocks · 05-12-2007, 05:34 PM

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.

11-19-2005, 04:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	Electric Wizard 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 grumbles 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 riffs 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 riffs. 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? __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

11-23-2005, 11:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	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. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

11-26-2005, 03:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,320	True doom. good ****. one of their guitarist plays in Ramsess I think... __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

12-09-2005, 07:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Yanqui_UXO 3,5,0,1,2,5, GO! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 71	bump this band is Incredible with a capital I. their self-titled debut is good too __________________ God Bless Our Dead Marines

05-12-2007, 05:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	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 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. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

11-23-2005, 10:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
itchytasty meh Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: At the Mountains of Madness Posts: 293	I'm a fan Dopethrone is my favorite. Come My Fanatics was their second album?

11-26-2005, 02:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
kesson_daslef Groupie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	Electric Wizard is crazy, I think Dopethrone is defintely their best cd.

11-26-2005, 05:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	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.

05-12-2007, 08:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	i only have let us pray and dopethrone can't find anything else __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

05-12-2007, 05:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,320	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. __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...