Artist: Electric Wizard

The final chapter in director David Hall's trilogy features Dragged Into Sunlight, Godflesh, Napalm Death, and more.

Let us go back to 2008. Some of you may remember it. Most Intrigued Vinyl posts were about albums recorded before I was born. I can't help liking cheesy 80s album art and music that is packaged with it, okay? So hopefully this one will be a change. How do you feel about some stoner metal? Torche was formed in 2004 in Miami, Florida. They released, this album, Meanderthal in 2008. I must say, for those who have never listened to stoner metal before, or hate it, this is extremely listenable. If you [...]

Here it is! The final Thrash Hits Festival Splash Page of 2012. All our work from Damnation Festival 2012 is going be linked to from this page (eventually), so give it a bookmark or just don’t close it, because it’s all you’re going to need. Interviews, photos, setlists, reviews - it’s all here. We’ve Hugh Platt and Dan Cairns on review-duty, and Damnation Festival's own in-house photographer, Emma Stone , providing the images. Check out band-by-band coverage down below. -- Electric Wizard - [...]

With Damnation Festival 2012 a mere three weeks away, Hugh and Tom blast through every band on the line-up of the UK's heaviest Winter festival, rating and slating as they go. -- The Thrash Hits Podcast 016: Damnation Festival 2012 PREVIEWED Click here to subscribe to the Thrash Hits podcast via iTunes We still [...]

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Earlier this week, Damnation Festival announced Hawk Eyes, Ravens Creed and The Atrocity Exhibit as the final three bands for their 2012 line-up , and my, way a killer line-up it is too. Headed up by Dorset doom overlords, Electric Wizard, this year's Damnation Festival also sees Pig Destroyer make their first return to the UK in eight years - why the hell haven't you bought a ticket already? If you have bought a ticket already: well done. You know the score. If for some reason just reading the [...]

Right, that's it - that's you lot.  Damnation Festival have completed the line-up for their 2012 festival tonight by confirming the opening acts for all three of the festival's stages - The Atrocity Exhibit on the Terrorizer stage, Hawk Eyes on the Jägermeister stage, and Ravens Creed on the Eyesore. So who wants to see the final line-up poster for Damnation Festival 2012? It's...well, it's pretty much identical to the last line-up poster we showed you, but with three new bands added to it. What on Earth were you [...]

Unearthly Trance +  Ramesses/Electric Wizard = Serpentine Path. That's not just meant to be a description of the band's music; Serpentine Path actually consists of the members of the now-inoperative Unearthly Trance (vocalist Ryan Lipynsky, drummer Darren Verni, and bassist Jay Newman) and Tim Bagshaw, former bassist for Electric Wizard and current guitarist for Ramesses. And if you're thinking [...]

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Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… Everyone of age is probably way hung over today, which means you’ll find this installment of “Guess the Next Decibel Cover” particularly trying. Or, unlike most of [...]

Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… Yes, this is our Women in Metal issue. It doesn’t exist to make us feel better about the fact that this happened, and yes, I’m obviously talking [...]

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Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… In our Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2010 feature, J. Bennett asked, “What kind of band unleashes some of their best shit on their… seventh album?” Indeed, [...]

Pictured: Dragged Into Sunlight By Professor Pizza (CO) Our dude Professor Pizza, of Denver thrashers Axeslasher, was a cool enough bro to provide us with this account of this year's Maryland Death Fest. We're coming next year, we swear! Another year, another Death Fest. This year marked the tenth anniversary of Maryland Death Fest. If that makes you feel old, then good. You probably should

Last week we gave away a Primitive Weapons' t-shirt and their slammin' new jam The Shadow Gallery in our weekly Photo Caption Contest. The photo at right was taken by MS reader Bonesnapper from Ross Sewage of Ghoul's Facebook page and is purportedly of his mom; pretty righteous, way more metal than my mom would [...]

by BBG Electric Wizard at Maryland Death Fest 5/27/12 Between Godflesh ( who headlined Friday ) and Electric Wizard who wrapped things up on Sunday (5/27), Maryland Deathfest was a must see event for fans of metal in the US. Though rain slowed the opening of Electric Wizard's approach to the outdoor stage on Sunday, they nonetheless made it on stage for their first US appearance in eleven years. The UK quartet, sporting an entirely [...]

Damnation Festival have announced their main stage headliners for 2012 - the Dorset doom overlords, Electric Wizard . It'll be the first time since 2009 that the four-piece have played Damnation, and the first time they'll have played the top spot at the UK's heaviest all-dayer - not to mention a UK exclusive show for 2012. Also announced today were the trio of Norwegian blackened thrashers, Aura Noir , Irish thrash survivors, Gama Bomb , and atmospheric doom stylings of 40 Watt Sun , who'll [...]

A deep gloom spread across London one late spring evening and residents of Kentish Town felt shivers creeping up their spines like spiders intent on spinning webs of fear in their discontent minds. Little known to those uninitiated, the HMV Forum was being infiltrated by the dirtiest, doomiest bands known to human ears. This was ...

MP3: Electric Wizard - Legalise Drugs & Murder Not much really needs to be said other than our stoner doom heroes are back with the new single "Legalise Drugs and Murder", which obviously slays every bong this side of the Sabbath. Pick up the seven inch while it's hot and enjoy it with relish.

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There's not denying it - for UK rock fans, the cancellation of Sonisphere 2012 was the biggest news story this week. Unless something incredibly dramatic happens later this year, we'd put good money on it being one of - if not the  - biggest news story of the entire year . It's because it's such a momentous news event that we're dedicating this week's Sunday Slaylist to the acts that were supposed to be performing at Knebworth this Summer...only with an extra little twist.... [...]

In the almighty Pantheon of Doom Metal, next to such immoveable pillars as Black Sabbath and Saint Vitus, there stands ELECTRIC WIZARD from Dorset, England. Recognized as one of the greats of the genre, ELECTRIC WIZARD has a reputation to live up to. Recently, Jus Oborn and friends have returned with a killer new album titled Black Masses, further guaranteeing their tenure in the Pantheon. Black Masses, released in North America on January 18 via Rise Above Records, was produced by Grammy-winning engineer Liam Watson (THE WHITE STRIPES) in London’s Toe Rag Studios. Upon dropping the needle on [...]

Sonisphere Festival  have confirmed 11 new bands for their Knebworth bill this July. Heading up this new announcement are Kvelertak, Crowbar, and Electric Wizard, and along with the rest of the new additions to the line-up, brings the total number of bands announced for Sonsphere UK this Summer up to a total of 34 . The other names confirmed to be playing across Sonisphere come July are Skindred, Glassjaw (performing their second album, Worship & Tribute , in full), Hundred Reasons (who'll be performing their breakthrough album, Ideas [...]