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Come My Fanatics.... / Electric Wizard
Metal · 2002

Come My Fanatics.... / Electric Wizard

A tectonic shift in doom metal where vintage tube-amps scream under the weight of cosmic dread and horror-film samples. Pure, unpolished sludge for the end times.

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Listening to this album is less like hearing music and more like being slowly crushed by a collapsing star. It is the sound of vintage amplifiers being pushed far beyond their intended limits, creating a thick, syrupy wall of distortion that feels physically heavy. Unlike the more polished or spiritual doom metal that preceded it, this record is unashamedly ugly, raw, and chaotic. It captures a specific kind of English gloom: the damp, grey isolation of Dorset mixed with a steady diet of 1970s horror films and cheap weed. The drums are often buried deep in the mix, creating a sense of being submerged in a sonic swamp where only the most primal rhythms survive.

Moments Worth Listening For
The moment the feedback on Return Trip finally gives way to a riff so heavy it feels like the air has been sucked out of the room.
The jarring, accidental electronic pulse at the start of Ivixor B that sounds like a transmission from a dying satellite.
The way the vocals on Wizard in Black sound like they are being shouted from the bottom of a very deep, very dark well.

How does Come My Fanatics.... / Electric Wizard sound next to the rest of Electric Wizard's catalogue?

Low Energy-2.4σ

It runs markedly cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

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