One
of the leading forces of the resurgent British doom scene in the nineties and
noughties, alongside the likes of Cathedral and Orange Goblin, Electric Wizard
have carved a legacy of thunderous, fuzzed-out ferocity. Formed in 1993, out of
the ashes of Jus Oborn’s earlier doom projects, The Wizard hit the UK
metal scene running. Their debut full length was a great enough introduction to
what would become a legendary band, but their second and third albums, ‘Come,
My Fanatics…’ and ‘Dopethrone’ respectively, are viewed as classics at least
and genre-defining at best. Both albums were a punch to the gut of the doom and
stoner rock genres; louder than an eardrum can take with more distortion than a
kaleidoscope in a hall of mirrors. Electric Wizard have crunched onwards ever since, with
five more devastating, misery inducing albums full of morbidity. One of the
stalwarts who have ensured the burgeoning state of stoner rock throughout
England and beyond, there couldn’t be a more appropriate band to head up this
year’s Desertfest than Electric Wizard.
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