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Electric Wizard finally returned to action in the year 2000. The resulting dirge masterpiece, Dopethrone, delivers walls of sound so dense that at first they seem too big to fit into your ears.
13y
90
Over two decades after its initial release, Electric Wizard’s Dopethrone maintains its status as a defining album within stoned, sludge, and doom metal, solidifying the Dorset band as one of the greats.
4mo
"Most of us were stuck in some drug addiction or alcoholism at the time, and it was just pure hate. It was us against the world, and we just wanted to make the most disgusting, foul, putrid record that anyone has ever recorded. We camped out at the studio, so it was literally just wake up, consume as much fucking drugs as possible, and then just start jamming."
-Jus Oborn
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Me and my old man have some fond memories of cruising around town in various cars. The most iconic ... read more
To say this album is brutal would be a massive understatement. This project is unrelenting and will not compromise at all. It’s an incredibly entrancing experience, with the heaviest and most punishing drum patterns I’ve heard and the most aggressive riffs imaginable. Nothing comes close to this in the metal universe
Stoner and doom metal at it’s finest
This album is chaotic. Feeling like straight out of an apocalyptic hellscape, Dopethrone commands this atmosphere to near perfection with this mucky and worn-out production style that is a perfect fit for an album of this nature.
You can really feel the doom and gloom of this album by how rusty everything sounds here. With this minimalist production that sort of compresses the sounds around it so that sounds start mixing together and makes this whole ... read more
Fuck it, this is a perfect album.
Dopethrone is definitely among the heaviest projects of all time. The production is so perfectly nasty, dirty and raw, you can't wish for a more fitting production in Stoner Doom Metal. The riffs are absolutely disgusting, they are incredibly sludgy but groovy at the same time.
And if you may think it's a no brain Metal album with just fat riffs, you are mistaken. The songwriting is nuts, the way the songs are building up and emerge into a wall of ... read more
ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE ALBUM....
this peak one of the most perfect doom metal albums ever made and easily one of the greatest metal albums of the 2000s for me...
Yh, the atmosphere alone is ridiculous. Everything sounds filthy, oppressive, psychedelic, and evil as hell. The guitars feel like they're dragging themselves through mud while the entire world collapses around them.
What makes this album so special is how committed it is to its vision. Every riff, every vocal, every ounce of ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Vinum Sabbathi 3:05 | 92 |
| 2 | Funeralopolis 8:43 | 97 |
| 3 | Weird Tales 15:04 i. Electric Frost ii. Golgotha iii. Altar of Melektaus | 90 |
| 4 | Barbarian 6:29 | 92 |
| 5 | I, The Witchfinder 11:04 | 92 |
| 6 | The Hills Have Eyes 0:46 | 84 |
| 7 | We Hate You 5:08 | 94 |
| 8 | Dopethrone 20:48 Contains hidden track "Mind Transferal" | 93 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 11 minutes
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