Dopethrone

Artist: Electric Wizard
Label: Music Cartel
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 656953004420
EAN: 0656953004420
ASIN: B000055ZDT

Release Date: 2001-01-16

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STONER
hEAR SOME AWESOME MEtAL
Fell On Black Days
Doom all over the world
Get into the SLUDGE...
you are the metal master!
Expert Doom Drone Worship
My Favorite Albums Ever!!! (in no particular order)
Female Heavy Metal Artists
stoned/heaviest rock n roll

Tracks:

Vinum Sabbathi
Funeralopolis
Weird Tales: Electric Frost/Golgotha/Altar Of Melektaus
Barbarian
I, The Witchfinder
The Hills Have Eyes
We Hate You
Dopethrone

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Customer Reviews:

Sabbath havent recorded something this classic in 20 years.......2007-01-11

If you want DOOM you got it great album simply flawless

write your last will..........2006-12-09

This IS the heaviest band in the world! You're gonna need your boots to wade thru this tale filled with sludge, fuzz and feedback. I can't get enuff! OMG!

Pure Fuzzy Fun.......2006-10-08

First let me say this album is not solely for fans of the doom genre, I enjoyed it long before I knew there was such a genre. It is simply an album for those that enjoy a good bit of heavy, low-end rock with an undeniable 70s styling. No pretence, no never ending guitar licks, just flat out heavy fun.

To put this album in a little bit of context, Electric Wizard established themselves as a class doom/stoner act with their s/t debut which showed signs of later writing, and their monolithic tour de force of fuzzy riffs, "Come My Fanatics". "Dopethrone" sees the band continue the vast songwriting, huge juicy riffs and enough low-end to do some serious ear damage. Arguably their career highlight, this is sure to give you a thrill if you're into this sort of thing, and for those new to the genre, be prepared for a big, bludgeoning ride of juicy fun.

"Dopethrone" also marks Jus Oborn's introduction to the distorted, `behind the mix' vocal effect, which I initially questioned, but have grown to love. The result puts far more emphasis on the riffs and also gives a new abrasive, almost gritty vibe that the previous albums lacked. The style is best highlighted in the brooding I, The Witchfinder, with Oborn's verse delivery truly eerie and desolate. Perhaps the highlight to the album is Funeralopolis, simply one of EW's best opening riffs, incorporated perfectly in a two-section structure that sees another absolutely killer riff rampage for the closing minutes. A real adrenaline rush, ended perfectly by an exhausted, panting, simple exhortation of `f*ck' from Jus. It works, it really does.

Other standout tracks include the monumental Weird Tales, clocking in at over 15 minutes, the song glides through everything one could adore about EW - big riffs, tempo changes, psychedelic atmospherics and of alternative lyrics inspired by science fiction and, well, `weird tales'.

"Dopethrone" is quite simply a landmark in the doom genre, it is what every band should aim for - sumptuous riffs, psychedelic moments, interesting song structures and a complete lack of pretence, something I admire in EW. This album is not solely for doom fans as I stated earlier, if you're a fan of a good heavy slab of rocking fun, it would be a mistake to overlook this.

THIS... IS... HEAVY!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-06-21

THIS ALBUM IS HEAVY FREAKING METAL IN THE SPIRIT OF BLACK SABBATH. IT IS JUST SO HEAVY I CAN'T GET OVER IT. THE TITLE TRACK IS DEFINETLY MY FAVORITE SONG, BUT EVERY TRACK IS AWESOME. IF THERE WAS A TRUE HEAVY METAL BAND, IT'S THESE GUYS. PURE FREAKING SLUDGE.

DOOOOOOOM.......2006-05-26

This is offically one of my new favorite records (right behind Boris' new album) From the opening Black Sabbath head nod, "Vinum Sabbathi" through the epic "Funeralopolis" and "I, The Witchfinder" on to the amazing heady closer "Dopethrone" this is album is just full on sludge doom stoner metal. EEvery song is blanketed in a warm glow from mounds and mounds of distortion and feedback. The distortion practically consumes the drums and the vocals....

Vocals lie somewhere near Ozzy Osbourne, (He actually sound very like Steve Austin from Today Is The Day) but with some effects and pushed way deeper in the mix. (which means you wont have to worry about picking out any cheesy lyrics) The one thing that I really like about this album is the fact that the drums arent completely swallowed by the guitars. Their older album Come My Fanatics, while also great, tends to bury the vocal and drums a little too much leading the songs to become almost formelss at times. But Dopethrone remedies that while still maintaining full bore with the guitars.

The songs are long, hazy and thick. The drums lurch and the guitars hold deep ass power chords for more than a few seconds at a time, definitely threatening to blow your speakers. (NOTE: THIS ALBUM IS VERY CAPABLE OF DESTROYING YOUR HI-FI AUDIO EQUIPMENT - TEST IT OUT BEFORE YOU BLAST IT AND BLOW YOUR SPEAKERS OR AMPS) you will want to play this as loud as you can just for the sheer force of the guitar and bass rumble....have I aped on the thickness of this whole thing enough? I could never do it justice. Imagine a version of Sunn 0))) that actually tried to rock out. That would be pretty close to the heaviness present on this disc. Though I love Boris, I definitely believe that the Wizard is far heavier.

My favorite track is "Funeralopolis". It starts with a heady instrumental jam, very bluesy with some hella deep bass. Then it rumbles in and the chords just envelope you. This is one of the few songs that picks up the pace slighty, but only after pummeling you with a three note guitar riff for about 4 minutes. By the end of the song they are galloping full steam and they even throw in what sounds like an echoplex. This makes the final few measures extremely spacy and frantic with the guitars and vocals swirling. A very nice acid drenched touch ala Comets on Fire.

Another fantastic track is "I, The Withcfinder" Easily the darkest track on the album and another opus of a song. I would have to say that all the tracks are extremely worthwhile, even the tiny jam "Hills Have Eyes" which leavens some of the overwhelming power that this band is capable of, only to drop you off on "We Hate You" and then the masterful closer "Dopethrone"

This music will definitely appeal to stoners who like their music loud. It will also appeal to fans of older metal and lunatics who are looking to have their bowels shaken by subsonic doom jams...
Something about the fuzzed out thick ass guitars just makes me happy. Especially when riding the subway and I know people can hear just a maelstrom of noise pouring into my head from my headphones....It just makes me smile. If they only knew...

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