Electric Wizard: Witchcult Today
Electric Wizard Witchcult Today. 2007 4.5 stars.
One hefty dose of sludgy stoner rock, England’s pot-addled Electric Wizard has concocted the infectious Witchcult Today, which is sure to stand as a new landmark for the genre. A mind-melting homage to the paranoid grooves and dark thematics of Black Sabbath, Witchcult Today immediately sucks you into shadowy psychedelic realms, alluding to the underground culture of 70’s B-Movies, pulp fiction and the occult.
A surprisingly accessible album, Witchcult Today features aggressive yet restrained vocals that do not sound as over-the top as most metal acts tend to verge toward. Speed here is not of the essence, as it is in Thrash and progressive metal, as Electric Wizard vie for a more relaxed, fuzzed out and hypnotic sound that allows you to space out to its slithering rythms.
A stoned masterpiece, I would even recommend this to those not accustomed to heavy music, as its trippy atmosphere and dynamics will be appealing to anyone who is the right ‘ahem’ state of mind…
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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