Electric Wizard - Dopethrone [Vinyl]

Electric Wizard, a heavy-metal band formed in Britain by singer and guitarist Justin Oborn (ex-Eternal) in 1993, quickly established itself as one of the most versatile and eclectic stoner acts of the decade. Without the slightest concession to the mainstream, Electric Wizard returned with an even heavier and spacier album, Dopethrone (MUsic Cartel, 2000 - Rise Above, 2005), a sheer overload of bad vibrations that erupts evil nebulae of incandescent magma. The eight-minute Funeralopolis is basically a blues in the vein of Led Zeppelin&first album, a lot more dynamic than their previous work. The eleven-minute I The Witchfinder is even more funereal, a protracted ritual of self-flagellation. The eleven-minute Dopethrone erects the most intimidating wall of riffs, but is also the most predictable. The sixteen-minute Weird Tales consists of six minutes of insistent riffing followed by ten minutes of spaced-out drones. The stylistic spectrum is broader than usual, ranging from the "lively" Vinum Sabbathi (a minuscule track by their standards, at just three minutes), to Barbarian, an agonizing, moribund chant over massive, dense sludge. Tracklist: 01 - Vinum Sabbathi 00:00 02 - Funeralopolis 03:06 03 - Weird Tales: Electric Frost/Golgotha/Altar of Melektaus 11:47 04 - Barbarian 26:47 05 - I, The Witchfinder 33:14 06 - The Hills Have Eyes 44:15 07 - We Hate You 45:02 08 - Dopethrone 50:08 09 - Mind Transferral 1:00:31 Genre: Stoner Doom Metal Year of release: 2000 (2007...