Tag: Doom Metal

“Lucifer’s Slaves”

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring the Music Video for the Song “Lucifer’s Slaves” by the band Electric Wizard. So Who the hell are Electric Wizard You may be Wondering which is Fare Enough. Well Electric Wizard is a Doom Metal Band that incorporates aspects of Stoner and Sludge Metal Band from Wimborn in Dorset, England. The Band Name is a combination of Two Different Black Sabbath Songs Electric Funeral and The Wizard, and Black Sabbath also Served as one of the Band’s Inspiration.

For Those who may Not Know about Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal here are some Quick Definitions:

  • Doom Metal: Is an Extreme Sub Genre of Heavy Metal that Typically uses Slower Tempos, Low Tuned Guitars, and an Overall Heavier Sound the Other Heavy Metal Genres. Doom Metal Lyrics tend to invoke Feelings of Despair, Dread, Impending Doom, and Mortality.
  • Stoner Metal: The Genre Emerged in the Early 90s is also Known as Stoner Rock or Stoner Doom Metal is a Music Genre that Combines Elements of Doom Metal with Psychedelic and Acid Rock.
  • Sludge Metal: Is another Extreme Sub Genre of Heavy Metal that Combines Elements of Doom Metal and Hardcore Punk. Generally Sludge Metal includes Slow Tempos, Tuned Down Distorted Guitars, and Nihilistic Lyrics. Reoccurring Topics in Sludge Metal are Poverty, Pollution, and Drug Addiction.

                 

In the Early Years the Band went by Several Different Names:

  • Lord of Putrefaction (1988-1991),
  • Thy Grief Eternal (1991-1992),
  • Eternal (1992-1993)
  • Electric Wizard (1993 – Present)

Not Only did the Band go through a Slew of Different Names the Band’s Line Up changed quite a bit over the Years. The Line Up changed so Many Times We aren’t going to fucking List all Them so Here is the Current Band Line Up:

  • Jus Oborn – Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (1993-Present), Bass (2003, 2008, 2012), Lead Guitar (1993-2003)
  • Liz Buckingham – Lead Guitar (2003-Present)
  • Simon Poole – Drums (2012, 2014-Present)
  • Haz Wheaton – Bass (2018-Present)

                   

Electric Wizard has Recorded a Total of 9 Albums:

  • Electric Wizard 1994
  • Come My Fanatics…1997*
  • Dopethrone 2000*
  • Let Us Prey 2002
  • We Live 2004
  • Witchcult Today 2007
  • Black Masses 2010
  • Time To Die 2014
  • Wizard Bloody Wizard 2017

In a Kerrang! Magazine Interview from July of 2009 with Lead Singer/Guitarist Jus Oborn as He remembered the Band recording the Album Come My Fabnatics…
“At the time, we were pretty bad people. I got arrested for arson of a car, outside a police station. Tim [Bagshaw] went to nick a crucifix off a church roof so we could use it onstage, then slipped, fell off through the window and sliced his arm open. He got community service for that. Then Mark [Greening] got nicked for robbing an offie. He smashed the window, nicked a bottle of whiskey, then sat there drinking it outside! We weren’t very nice people, to be honest. We were feeding off that shit at the time. It made us feel like we were more of a heavy metal band.”

                   

It is What It Is,

 Presented By Les Sober

Pentagram -Last Days Here

I’m a massive fan of the early Ozzy led Black Sabbath, but when I heard the Heavy/ Doom Metal band Pentagram I was awe struck. In my honest and vastly unpopular opinion that Pentagram exceeds Black Sabbath not in lyrical content but in Advanced Musical Techniques/Style of the Doom Metal. Pentagram’s music was more evolved than Black Sabbath even if both bands got their start around the same time. Based on my opinion I fully believe Pentagram and not Black Sabbath should receive the dubious honor of being the first pioneers of Heavy Metal (because without the precursor of Doom Metal then the Heavy Metal genre wouldn’t have come to be).

Last Days Here is the 2011 Documentary film featuring Bobby Liebling, lead singer of the American heavy metal band Pentagram Directed by Don Argott and Demian Fenton.

              

Pentagram- Last Days Here Synopsis:

Co-Director Fenton first became familiar with Liebling after listening to Pentagram’s 1970s recordings on cassette tape and the 2001 compilation First Daze Here, and enjoying the early Pentagram material. He had heard the rumors surrounding Liebling, including him living in the basement of his parent’s house and spending all day and night heavily ingesting illegal drugs.

Last Days Here follows Bobby Liebling, lead singer of Pentagram, an Alexandria, Virgina-based heavy metal group founded in 1971 and active sporadically throughout the following four decades. At the film’s beginning , Liebling is in his 50s, living in Squalor in his parents’ basement, and addicted to various drugs (Pills, Heroin, and Crack). After Pentagram’s music is rediscovered by the heavy metal underground scene, Liebling begins to recover from his lifestyle. His friend and manager Sean “Pellet” Pelletier attempts to help Liebling overcome his drug addiction and escape his old life. The film ends in 2010 with Liebling and Pentagram returning to the stage and Liebling sober, married and his new wife expecting their first child.

              

Enjoy.

Heavy Metal NEVER Dies!

Presented BY Otto Rageous   

NINGEN ISU: Heavy Metal From The Land of the Rising Sun

It Occurred to US here at FYB that We haven’t done a Musical Post since “The Goddamn Gallows” Piece so it’s About Time We did Another. This Time We decided to Cover Our Favorite Japanese Heavy Metal Band NINGEN ISU!!

Ningen Isu Musical Style yields The Band a True Unique Sound. The Band often writes about Classic Japanese Literature by Authors like Rampo Edogwa, Osamu Dazai, and Yukio Mishima. The Band’s other Literary Influences include the Word by Edgar Allen Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, as well as Friedrich Nietzsche.

Ningen Isu often take on Topics such as Hell, Buddism, The Universe, Samurai, and Gambling.

Wajima and Suzuki have a Local Accent called “Tsugaru Dialect” which adds to the Unique and Heavy Atmosphere as well as the Rhythm to Their Songs.

Wajima often uses Difficult and Old Japanese words (used in the Edo Period to the Showa Period) that are often Hard to Understand even by Japanese Standards which adds a to the Solom and Powerful feel of Their Music.

Ningen Isu’s Musical Genres Include But are Not Limited to: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, and Progressive Rock.

How It All Started:

In the Early 1980’s Suzuki met Wajima at a Music Salon, and Suzuki was impressed by Wajima’s creative talent for Composing Songs. In 1983 They joined a The Band SHINE SHINE DAN (Translation: The Dead Dead Group) and played Hard Rock Songs at Music Festivals around Japan.

In 1985 after attending Different Collages (Suzuki went to Sophia University to Study Russian Literature, and Wajima went to Komazawa University to Study Buddhism) The Two Friends formed a Band Who’s name was changed in 1987 to Ningen Isu when Drummer Norriyoshi Kamidate joins the Band.

Ningen Isu gained a great deal of Popularity in 1989 playing Their Song Injuries (Strange Beast) on a Japanese Televison Show called Ikasu Band Tengoku (Translation: Cool Band Heaven). The Band’s Heavy Sound, Lyrics full of Literary References/Influences, and Musical Techniques Surprised the Show’s Judges.

Ningen Isu Consists of the Following Members:

Shinji Wajma- Guitars, Vocals, Theremin, Lead Singer, Main Lyric Writer, and Composer.

Ken-ichi Suzuki: Bass, Vocals, Lyrics, Composer.

Nobu Nakajima- Drums, Vocals, Lyrics, Composer (2004-Present)

Thanks for Reading/Viewing/Listening,

  By Les Sober