Upon its release, Electric Wizard's excellent debut carved a Titanic-sized swathe through the heavy metal landscape, burying much that had come before under an avalanche of amp distortion, detuned riffs, and billows of marijuana smoke. And yet, impossible as it may seem, the band's absolutely colossal second effort, Come My Fanatics..., while somewhat less immediate than its predecessor, somehow upped the sonic ante through a wall of sludge so thick that even the most experienced of metal heads couldn't help but be overwhelmed by its power. Opening number "Return Trip" is quite simply a heavy metal landmark, from its sudden, feedback-induced (and bowel-releasing) opening chord to the anguished screams of main man Jus Oborn through to its final coughing denouement ten minutes later. The barely discernible lyrics to second track "Wizard in Black" (another monster at eight minutes) gradually emerge from the trio's cyclopean grind, intoning "I am a God...I am the One" -- and by gum if by now you're not ready to believe just that! Ensuing acid-metal behemoths like "Doom-Mantia" and "Son of Nothing" (the album's shortest track at almost seven minutes) will test the patience of uninitiated listeners before drifting into focus through billowing clouds of smoke, but the ultimate religious experience is well worth the lengthy conversion process. And though less memorable, instrumentals like "Ivixor B/Phase Inducer," (a full-fledged space rock feedback freakout) and closer "Solarian 13" slot right into the album's imposing mass. Essential doom.
Jus Oborn (guitars/vocals)
Mark Greening (drums)
Tim Bagshaw (bass)
1 Return Trip 10:03
2 Wizard in Black 8:14
3 Doom Mantia 8:49
4 Ivixor B/Phase Inducer 8:48
5 Son of Nothing 6:44
6 Solarian 13 8:00
Electric Wizard's Come My Fanatics... is one incredible album. The stoner metal that can be found here is very slow and very heavy. The atmosphere created here is one that equates visions of the hell. One of the recommended tracks to illustrate this is "Return Trip". What is funny about this record is that Electric Wizard seems to have absolutely no artistic pretensions at all. They seem to want to just make some music to be the companion of their adventures with marijuana. But while they try to do it, they make an excellent album. A must listen, especially for everyone interested in stoner metal or metal in general.
That is possibly the finest drug-induced haze of musical wonder this side of early-'70s Hawkwind
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!Rip from CD 256@ (full artwork included)
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1 Return Trip 10:03
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This fucking great album!!! Very Thanks!!
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