I don’t care if it’s Thanksgobbling; this here’s a British column, and besides: there’s always time to post some Electric Wizard. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
- CG
Tag Archive: Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard
Black Masses
01. Black Mass
02. Venus in Furs
03. The Nightchild
04. Patterns of Evil
05. Satyr IX
06. Turn Off Your Mind
07. Scorpio Curse
08. Crypt of Dragula
[11/01/10 | Rise Above Records]
Few bands will ever reach the recognition that Electric Wizard have over fans of any sort of metal. The falses, the true, and everyone in between know that Electric Wizard don their stoner doom crowns rightfully. Their ’97 release Come My Fanatics… blew heads off with it’s unrelenting atmosphere, incredible riffage, and unsurpassed heaviness.
As a band, they’ve always felt best with letting you completely lose yourself in each and every one of their albums. This is the case for myself. There isn’t a single album by these guys that I can’t just sit there, listen to, and enjoy everything. Even the less atmospheric Witchcult Today reeks of this mentality. The very second this album starts off you know what’s about to happen, and soon it all sets in place.
Electric Wizard have a new album coming out titled Black Masses and this new track “Venus in Furs” is ready for your ears. Quality is absolutely awful because it’s a radio rip, but you can tell it’s going to sound super awesome. Crushing and psychedelic as usual, but along with Witchcult Today it’s a bit more of a traditional doom feel. Get ready for worlds to implode on November 1st.
-MW
Mar de Grises
Streams Inwards
01. Starmaker
02. Shining Human Skin
03. The Bell and the Solar Gust
04. Spectral Ocean
05. Sensing the New Orbit
06. Catatonic North
07. Knotted Delirium
08. A Sea of Dead Comets
09. Aphelion Aura [bonus track]
[Season of Mist | 9/14/10]
There are countless bands out in the world of metal today, and no matter what genre it is (except for anything with the word “core” attached to it), it’s a challenge for a band to make an impression that will get them noticed. So, while doing my daily search for new bands, I came across this melodic death/doom metal band from Chile, Mar de Grises (Sea of Grief), and I must say, I’m very pleased with what I heard.
Doom metal, being known for it’s use of slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and “thicker” sound, is one of the most prominent genres of metal, consisting of bands like Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard, Candlemass, Reverend Bizarre, Pentagram, Saint Vitus… well, you get the idea. It has a stable backing of bands that have not only influenced and defined the sound, but also the feeling it should convey when one listens to it. Not every band that decides to take on the beast that is doom metal is victorious, however, this is not the case with Mar de Grises. The band utilizes the core elements of doom metal, combining the heavy emotional impact the genre is known for, but also fusing their own progressive and imaginative touch to give their overall sound that extra range of depth, which will appeal to listeners on many levels.
My Face, Only Considerably More Asian
For posterity, listen to the original after the jump.
Artist's Rendition
On Friday, Mitch and I joined our brothers-in-heavy Scott (EvilivE) from Hook in Mouth, DemiGodRaven, and Desee (who showed up in the last segment) from The Number Of The Blog on The Number Of The Blogcast. As Chris would say, you get to hear our “dulcet tones.” So, if you have an hour to listen to some bloggers talk about stuff and hear some select tunes, here’s your lucky day!
The Number Of The Blogcast (Episode 4)
Here’s the playlist, woven between spouts of us shooting the shit:
Hour Of Penance – Paradogma
Firewind – The Essence
Electric Wizard - Vinum Sabbathi
The Crinn – Lucid Dream Field
It was a real pleasure being on the podcast, and I hope we can be back on in the future. I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun being told to go fuck myself.
- JR
Ever since I went to see Between the Buried and Me open for In Flames last year and bought the limited vinyl edition of Alaska on clear vinyl, I’ve been almost obsessively searching for albums I love around the net in vinyl format. There’s just something more satisfying with owning the vinyl edition, and despite the aged format, it’s still going strong.
Vinyl pressings are usually limited, especially in this genre, so you feel a certain level of exclusivity when you have something that only about 3000 people (or even less) around the world own. The artwork is bigger. The medium is completely physical and tangible; CDs can easily be scratched and lost and mp3s can be erased. Hard drives can crap out, then where’s your music? Gone. With vinyl, it’s there, practically permanently. And let’s face it: colored vinyl looks fucking cool.
