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Dopethrone

~ Electric Wizard
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (29 May 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rise Above
  • ASIN: B000FBHC7S
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,584 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Vinum Sabbathi
2. Funeralopolis
3. Weird Tales
4. Barbarian
5. I The Witchfinder
6. Hills Have Eyes
7. We Hate You
8. Dopethrone

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With a history and reputation as one of Britain's most influential progressive metal acts, the mighty Electric Wizard can count 'Dopethrone' as their crowning achievement. As exploratory as it is punishingly heavy and riff-based, it standsalone as a high watermark of invention and sheer power in metal music. Despite suffering numerous setbacks (arrests, imprisonments, collapsed eardrums, severed fingertips) throughtheir career, Electric Wizard still provide ample, doomy entertainment.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cripplingly Heavy , 14 Aug 2007
By Ed "ANationalAcrobat" (North Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
This is a monumental release from Electric Wizard, by far their finest work and one of the high points of the whole doom metal genre and metal in the 21st century.

Musically 'Dopethrone' occupies a sort of middle ground between doom bands who just try to sound like Black Sabbath e.g. Witchfinder General and the bands who tend to see just who slow they can play and how long their songs can be (e.g. Khanate). Because of this 'Dopethrone' is pushing the boundaries of the genre but not without influence of classic metal bands.

The first thing which struck me about this album was the crushingly dense guitar sound that sounds as if its coming from a tube amp pushed to melting point which is pretty much the polar opposite of the standard polished lifeless modern metal sound. Musically, it's hard to tell whether Electric Wizard can actually play or not, but all things considered I don't care whether they can because this album is about atmosphere, and it has it in spades, so whether or not Jus Oborn can sweep pick is irrelevant. For instance 'Funeralopolis' has a wonderful bluesy atmosphere (think Blue Cheer blues not B.B. King) that matches the apocalyptic images of the lyrics very well.

Lyrically, this album shifts from themes of drugs (really? I thought these boys had nothing stronger than a pint of bitter), general hatred to all humanity ('We Hate You') and more fantasy themed lyrics inspired by the likes of Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft, which makes for a lyrically varied listen. Also of note is the very loose jamming feel dominant throughout the album that is evident in the albums shortest track 'Hills Have Eyes' which is just a short jam and in a lesser record could be considered filler but it somehow forms a integral part of the record.

This album also proves to be very consistent containing many of the bands finest songs (and yes, most of them have actual songs! Choruses and everything). Even the bonus track 'Mind Transferral' is a keeper, meaning Electric Wizard have not only delivered a heavy and atmospheric album but a consistent one with memorable songs.

So if you like the idea of Hawkwind played way too slow (see 'I, the Witchfinder' for the most dominant Hawkwind influence) and Black Sabbath pushed to melting point, I can strongly recommend this masterpiece. Easily one of the best albums of the last decade.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars pray at the alter of the riff, 23 Jun 2007
By J. M. Ashe "Jo3" (sheffield UK) - See all my reviews
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Electric Wizard have always been held in high esteem in the doom rock, down tuned corner of the music world, and this is their master piece. A flawless album of staggeringly heavy and hypnotic grooves, peppered with b-movie samples and drenched in dark, psychedelic atmospherics. It is hard to believe a three piece band could achieve such an overwhelming sound whilst maintaining a blues like groove that is quite accessible to fans of less extreme music. The lyrical content is intriguingly derivative of H.P Lovecraft literature, occult worship and horror movies. This brilliant album is untheatrically dark, mindalteringly trippy and severly heavy. I have been kneeling before the mighty dopethrone since I was 13 and it still sounds devastatingly powerful every time I return.
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wizard at their best, 11 Jun 2007
This is the definative Electric Wizard album. Angrier & more focussed than 'Come My Fanatics' & full of misanthropic hate.

The massive doom riffs are reinforced by a monumental sound which is heavy but with a buzzsaw edge. I reckon this album represents their live sound better than anything else they've done. If you've never heard them, just imagine the heaviest Black Sabbath tunes with a Punk attitude and more fuzz... and you're still not quite there.

It's an essential album.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Album
I can't say anything more detailed than whats been said below, this is an essential purchase/download that is just cripplingly heavy, amazingly atmospheric and great to relax to.
Published 3 months ago by H. Moss

4.0 out of 5 stars Sees Man As A Rather Dismal Creature.
`Dopethrone' marks the beginning of even more change on the Electric Wizard scene. Whilst the line-up stayed the same, the band saw noticeable changes in production and sound. Read more
Published 10 months ago by S. Davitt

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