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