Electric Wizard is tagged as: doom metal, stoner metal, sludge, stoner doom, stoner rock Electric Wizard are a doom metal band from Dorset, England, U.K. The oblivion and ecstasy of crushing doom and high grade marijuana, a sonic aural trip far, far away from this world, where only cyclopean walls of crackling vintage valve amplifiers set to the full overdrive and primal ritualistic beats can wash away all the filth and drudgery of everyday life. Their music can be described as Doom Metal. Their sound is a crushing behemoth of funeral march psychedelia. Violent, bleak and ritualistic. Born in Dorset, England in 1993, in a quiet country town, initially they were the product of frustration, unemployment and excessive drug abuse. But through hallucinogenic experimentation and occult sciences they realized their true potential. A celebration of outre low brow art like Weird Tales, 70’s horror and B-movies, head shop art, drug comix, italian pornohorror comics, Crepax, Lovecraft, Howard etc. etc…coupled with a morbid fascination in cults, witchcraft, freemasonry, biker culture, mysticism and ancient occult sciences and how these dark arts can be applied to music. Their history actually starts in 1988 when Justin Oborn created a doom-influenced death metal band called Lord Of Putrefaction. The above mentioned band released only several demos but it s... Read More About Electric Wizard Biography...  Send Electric Wizard ringtones to your cell
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