ELECTRIC WIZARD Wizard Bloody Wizard Album Review | Overkill Reviews

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

I used to live in a couple of house-shares with Jus Oborn in the early/mid 90's when he lived in Dorset,U.K. Crazy days at No.13.So much acid & weed.Hope he's doing well.Haven't spoken to him for 20 odd years.I used to watch the original line-up rehearse.Utterly wall-shaking!!

[@dopeybrew7006]

Man that’s badass

[@avsky837]

JUICE ALBARN IS MY FAVORITE ALL TIME FLUTIST!

[@BangerTV]

Note from Sarah: "Make sure you look at the album covers for both Volume 1 and Volume 2 by Sleep! I also suggest you check out the 2012 re-issue album cover of Master of Brutality! Because Sabbath rules!"

[@Weedeater58]

BANGERTV - All Metal not to mention sleep also rules

[@Mr.Whale024]

Please check out mephistofeles if you have a moment

[@lespaniel9745]

Try again. Juice - Sourveen - Jesus - not witchcult - (being lit shows) SUPERCOVEN was my fav and they probably won't beat it. Being well over 40 years old helps.

[@MisanthropicAlchemy]

She called him juice oborn hahahaha..

[@travistrent4880]

Well he is the Juice

[@jameslong4362]

Well she's been listening to them for 15 years or so, so clearly she knows her stuff....

[@IceKoldKilla]

My favorite song has always been Supercoven off their EP by the same name released in 1998. It's 13 mins of fucking awesomeness. You can feel Satan himself walking in. The darkness is so present and then BAM it gets more fast paced and bluesy. Love it!

[@SamaelAzazel131]

The three times I've seen em they opened with Supercoven!! Killer!

[@j.t.8848]

I love all their stuff and this one is no different. I guess I'm easy to please compared to all the crybabies who love Dopethrone and nothing else.

[@stangzilla331]

Well said

[@Boxing.and.beyond]

Damn right J. T.

[@Cybercom_]

Ikr, all these children are the same people who complain that Dark Throne don't make traditional black metal like they use too, it's super funny because they can't even imagine being in that position where you have been making music with the same style for so many years and you get bored of it

[@nintendoor1]

i’m with you on that

[@jankojankovic384]

'Hendrix, Zeppelin and Blue cheer' - my ass; this screams Sabbath from the title of the album to the guitar tone!

[@Bullheadrecords]

Electric wizard has always been sabbath on smack. Though this time they only took a few hits rather then a gallon

[@mattasaurus12]

@@Bullheadrecordssmack? Bongs all the way

[@dannythemetalcrusty666]

It’s stoner doom not sludge ugh 😩

[@rampface85]

I listened to this album again and I love it. It's groovy and sludgy and catchy as hell. Maybe more rock n roll than metal but I'm into that

[@MedIevalCyrax]

This album reminds me of their first album,which isn't bad,every EW album has a different sound,direction and production,I enjoy it

[@arbaaz9992]

I loved the album cover. It did exactly what it wanted to do. It made you feel seductive but the carvings scare you. To be honest, this is pretty clever. I liked it.

[@GoatOfTheWoods]

i want a bitcoin for every time she says exploitation

[@IceKoldKilla]

fataxel It's all about that E-coin.

[@VEiLiXPresents]

Every god damn person wanted to hear another Dopethrone or Come My Fanatics type album from EW and it's good they didn't repeat themselves. I mean, isn't it better to have see you in hell type riffs where u skip one count, isn't it better to have song such as necromania with more psychedelic style, where bass and drums are fucking great. Wicked Caresses where they build up slowly and than hit u with that atmospheric kind of bluesy and psychedelic heaviness. GOD FUCKING DAMNED THE REAPER with it's sadness and kind of depressive attitude where has no reasons to live and no reasons to die with that guitar tone laid on another guitar but this one has some wah pedal, the only problem i've got with this song is that it's god damn 3:15 minutes long. This album art is fantastic, it's just badass and it doesn't have to be anything else, it just has to be badass. Remember folks it's my opinion that this album is as badass as it gets, it's must to have your own opinion about this album and don't forget that u can always listen to Dopethrone and Come My Fanatics

[@skullhorse2286]

finally someone who gets it ^

[@moonlander811]

This is the first video I have seen of this channel and I can't believe how much I enjoyed this review. You got a new fan.

[@BangerTV]

Welcome! What kind of metal are you into?

[@moonlander811]

Well I am 34 years old and I got into metal via Bleeding Through This is Love This is Murderous and then bought a boston metal/hardcore fest dvd cuz they on it and metal as my favorite genre exploded for me... I haven't quit looking for new music but I don't do it near as much as I did 10 years ago.. when I do look .. I go backwards in time. I happen to find Electric Wizard a couple years ago, I had never even heard the name, and omg I can't stop listening to them. I just got dopethrone several months ago.. Vinum Sabbithi is magically then to go into Funeralopolis next... I can't get past the first to songs... I listen to them over and over in sequence.

[@roelofzinn8227]

Hey, it's Sarah! Yay Sarah, I dig your reviews!

[@HazemMahani]

Didn't listen to it yet but this review made me more interested. Sarah and Bradley's reviews are getting better and better every time, I take back every bad word/thought about your first reviews :D keep it up guys \m/

[@doomworship4995]

I guess I am the only one that loves this album and thinks it is brilliant. Not perfect for sure, but a great album. I believe the haters are the ones that want another Dopethrone / Come My Fanatics. They did it, it’s Record it, no one will ever top those albums, not even EW. Just do what I do, and listen to the albums you love, for the reasons you do. And quit complaining that their “new album is not Dopethrone” we been hearing that since the ‘90’s.

[@warrenh]

No one ever mentions SUPERCOVEN!!! That's the heaviest the band got. If you don't know it, dig it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2LWmHR-n92fq6M

[@Otho666]

warrenh my favorite

[@purplereigninblood]

The grail.

[@MRSludgedude]

I'd say electric wizard was the heaveist. Devil's bride,

[@skrapas4ever345]

there's is also power ,heavy ,speed ,progressive and other metal genres ,most of the time you cover death/black metal albums.happy to see today a review for the stonemasters electric wizard.also some of sarah's recomendations in previous videos are very cool

[@aidanfrench9145]

i just have to say sarah you are probably one of the best metal reviewers i dearly and wholeheartedly support and love what you do within the awesome banger bar / banger films / banger tv cannon keep it real girl

[@jaygoldstein1046]

She's actually pretty ignorant to the subjects she talks about. Not a good reviewer at all.

[@connergarberson1563]

EW got me into the genre in my teen years, and really set the standard for the kind of metal I listen to. This album is definitely lacking the "punch you in the face with razor blades" feel that they had on dopethrone, but its not horrible. I was hoping for something heavier but, im happy with their work and im looking forward to see how the band will change the industry again in the future.

[@theskiled1]

I appreciate how Sarah mentions/suggests/recommends other band in her reviews, definitely found many that I have liked by looking up bands she mentions!

[@Weedeater58]

It seemed like the next logical step for the Almighty Wizard. It's a good straightforward blues rock record, still dark and dirty though. Really dig the bass tone on this one.

[@SpookyApparition]

this isn't blues rock. there are tons of super simple riffs based around the blues scale, but it's not blues rock.

[@Weedeater58]

SpookyApparition ah yes opinions and what not. Either way I dig it.

[@matheusmotta1132]

It's Heavy Blues, maybe

[@matheusmotta1132]

@@SpookyApparition agreed. It's still Metal

[@bomb-de-dyl]

Why does she pronounce Jus "juice". I found this record really grew on me over time though.

[@dasubermarshall]

Please Please review the new Cavalera Conspiracy album today......! We need some more premium releases reviewed!

[@RyanGrantHeretoDestroy]

So far I've only listened to the album once. But my gut feel so far is pretty spot on with your review. It's not bad, but I can't say that I love it either and that could change over time. It seems like they can't or don't want to stay in one place style wise with each album. Which isn't a surprise because no two of their albums sound the same. Even if it's just the production/recording quality. I'll give it more time, but won't be running out and putting cash down for it on vinyl right now.

[@danmoth5126]

I reckon it's one of those albums where the brilliance of a couple of tracks transcends the less inspiring stuff. I remember seeing the video for See You In Hell and thinking, "damn these guys are good, they can apply their power to anything, even rockier songs." That's what matters here, for me.

[@nintendoor1]

yeah, see you in hell and wicked caresses are like, two of their best songs in my opinion

[@IanFSP]

Honestly I thought the album really wasn't bad. It was different from the last few albums and i feel like so many bands just try to sound like them. So fuck it why not change it up.

[@jordancarey5460]

Ugh.. I know the feels, it is good but different in a slighty off putting way. I love their sound too much i'm gonna pretend you said three and a half skulls. Nice work. Now..The Body/Full of Hell- Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light. You heard this album? Any quick thoughts?

[@Athaleff]

Really good review! I'm not down with the riff repetitions either, I think EW could use some more variety on this, especially after taking so much inspiration from 70s rock rather than the usual doom metal. I find the tactless title hilarious! I mean, there's a limit to how much you can copy Black Sabbath, but this is borderline plagiarism in my opinion. On a more serious note: I'm surprised you didn't review Wicked Caresses off the album, it's such an earworm and such a good, memorable song from the album next to See You In Hell

[@skyehermit2146]

Great review, love this band!!! Sarah what happen to the Pagan Altar necklace and where can I find one?

[@killat0r]

Sarah, you're AMAZING!!!!! Do you listen to Purple Hill Witch at all!???? :D

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

I'm really intrigued by this new direction, so I'll definitely try it out! I'm not a "mega fan" of Electric Wizard, but I do fucking love their style. So it'll be an interesting listen for me!

[@boundbystars]

Sarah's reviews are the best! She turned me onto Pagan Altar in the Pallbearer review!

[@danrobichaud]

Wouldn't the middle of the road number be 2.5?

[@ferox965]

If you are perplexed by the cover, you haven't looked inside a Wizard album...They have stuff like that inside most of their records...they just moved what they inside to the front...

[@wardka]

I haven't heard the actual album, but based on these excerpts, what happened to the distorted bass (or basses) that seemed to rip a hole in the fabric of spacetime?

[@IceKoldKilla]

The title has to be a clear reference to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

[@Steve-nq8jc]

Jeez don't think too hard.

[@russellmcgurn4217]

Your a genius. Goddddddamn.

[@Otho666]

Spoiler alert,: it isn’t.

[@hzudemauke]

Hey guys, you should review "To Venomous Depths" by Cloak :)

[@johnspokus]

I think it is their most accessible album, and in this case, that’s a good thing.

[@jackp.walker6247]

HEY . . . i love bell bottoms and Sunn amps . . . for real. Been a long time fan of the band, and i am very happy that this is a much better offering than their previous 'creation'.

[@LunyMilky]

Yeah, I'm goin at like, the 7th run at it, and I kind o' feel most of those mixed conclusions myself.. very... I dunno... but somehow I'm compelled to hear it more and more..

[@wiseman171]

This channel is fucking great

[@_Kid_Corpus_]

Conflicted... YES !!! I've been on the proverbial fence with "Wizard Bloody Wizard" since its release. After the nonsense which went down on "Time To Die", I figured I was finished with The Wizard. So when 'Bloody' spilled last year I was not in the least surprised by it, in that It seemed as though the band - and more specifically, Oborn - were simply spent of ideas. But now, I rather like how you have placed the album in a retro 'bluesy' context. You have given me a meaningful basis with which to listen to the album with new ears and appreciate it for what it truly is.

[@KVLT_VVITCH]

Did they call Jus "juice?"

[@MiloTheWizard]

He do got the juice tho

[@rodrigoxnevesx]

Electric wizard is not sludge.

[@cyberoptixs]

Anymore.

[@rodrigoxnevesx]

They were never sludge, they were always Doom

[@nicolasbertin8552]

Indeed. Sludge is whisky, New Orleans, scorching vocals, larsenny low disgusting guitars, slow to mid tempo. It's Eyehategod, it's Negative Reaction, it's Crowbar. It is not Electric Wizard. But what pisses me off is when they call Neurosis "post-sludge"...

[@pablochacon666]

I kinda see why people call Neurosis post-sludge. While lyrically they have nothing to do with whisky and other stuff you mentioned, their sound - at least some years ago - was super sludgy. Like, you could throw away their neurotic lyrical themes and put some whisky and New Orleans instead and no one would've noticed.

[@jeffclark1164]

Agreed. When I think Sludge, I think Crowbar and Kylesa. EW is Stoner\Doom.

[@shagstars]

Change in mood and spacing is not prominent in stoner but it is in Blues so yeah they should have done that.

[@bonka_mann]

It's pretty mehhhh

[@Xankill3r]

I have a hypothesis on the "Jus" thing - needs confirmation from BANGERTV :P Given that these folks are from Canada it could be a French (language) thing. The word for juice in French is "jus" and it's pronounced in a similar manner.

[@money-q5b]

the fact folks hate this makes me like it..it's pretty cool and stripped back to basics and harkening to the roots also like ufo1 or something..it grooves..Doom is doomed though i agree..doomed at last..tshirts and everything

[@stirlingfox4650]

I'm with you on this one 100 present, I'm a long time fan and I don't know what to think yet about this one, big changes, yes

[@ronaldjames6067]

Agree about the cover. Gore used to be fun, sort of, until isis came along. I can a bit early Black Sabbath in there, but Sabbath had so many twists and turns in their songs and I did not hear any of that in these fragments. But it sounds heavy and fat, that's cool.

[@jefffloyd9671]

This is a transition record. It will sound better in retrospect.

[@bcg6760]

Jeff Floyd that means it's bad

[@comanaut9566]

I got bored half way through this. (The album, not the review). It's no Dopethrone & that's for sure... anyways, going to spend some time with the new Cavelera Conspiracy album now.

[@braindeadrichard]

new godflesh is out today also

[@jeramy576]

Matthew Leavens I was bored halfway through the first song.

[@BanjoSick]

CC album is good but not as good as some reviews make it out to be.

[@comanaut9566]

Benjamin Decker - true enough

[@bcg6760]

Gross

[@AduderReviews]

The vocals sound cleaner to me. Less fx on them. I need to listen to it more. But so far i prefer 'Time to die'.

[@GreifvogelSGE]

Honestly, I love this album, it's just great. Love the production as well. The weirdest thing about it is the cover, which is just a worse version of the latest Obituary. Edit: She said it also at the end ;D

[@TheCcmarine]

Fuck the haters Sara!! You're observation isn't a criticism obviously.. Some people shouldn't be allowed to comment on anything, ever!! Love your reviews too btw..you rock hard \,,/,

[@bruzrkgro-malog2953]

I really love the stripped down more proto sound on this album, definitely a good call there. Necromania is the strongest track, that intro riff is simplistic beauty. However, she's so right about the cover. I was going to buy the vinyl until I saw that mess... For a band with some of the most awesome art work, this sleeve was a let down. Overall 3 or 3 & 1/2 is an honest rating, album does tend to drag and get a little boring towards the end.

[@nelsonpedrosa6563]

Sludge?!

[@oozingpussbrain1130]

Been a fan of the wizard since I was 12 in 2000 when I saw Dopthrone at fye. Had to have it.

[@colemarie9262]

The O cult Edit: and Booh-gie!!!!

[@spacealienjesus709]

I live this laid back Bluesy style. Satanic Blues

[@metalneanderthal]

Spot on Sarah! I'm been a fan of the Wizard long before this stoner sludge thing got huge. It way over saturated now. I like the record but yes that album art sucks huge! I miss their 70s inspired horror themed album art.

[@arnielee9855]

Hehe ‘juice’ oborn Jus short for Justin

[@littlewoodenboy1971]

I adore this lady.

[@fromthedeserts]

I usually embrace change, but if you can't pull it of, don't do it. Electric Wizard is a one trick pony and there's nothing bad about that

[@mkinne3121]

fromthedeserts True, sometimes you have to stick to what you're good at. It worked for Motorhead.......

[@reverendfloyd]

Great cover, totally has that "Smell the Glove" vibe.

[@bcg6760]

I can't think of any Sludge, Stoner or Doom band that needs two guitars, and I love this shit, but c'mon... what's the other one even doing?

[@medicinalherbavore]

B CG well the sword uses 2 guitars. It works for them. How ever with electric wizard I'm not sure why they would need two guitars lol

[@jaygoldstein1046]

Cannibal Corpse may have less technical drums, but their guitar riffs are much harder to play than blood incantation or death. Sarah doesn't seem to know what she's talking about. She's obviously never played guitar.

[@stangzilla331]

Yeah She list me on that statement she's a fucking idiot

[@deadkittie4158]

I agree none of these people know what there talking about

[@Shafferhead]

Count Fagoroth Try to play Alex' bass lines. Now thats hard

[@Growlenstein]

Witch-cult today, is there best album. 3 is not half of 5 that would have been two and a half skulls if you were going with the middle ground .

[@DunwichWitchfinder]

Electric Wizard forever!!! Worship EW, but Wizard bloody Wizard - strange album...agree 3/5!!!

[@jaygoldstein1046]

Electric Wizrd is stoner/doom, not sludge.

[@elimedina6340]

Sludge is gooey, oozing, thick, distorted, fuzzed out guitars. EW is sludge dude.

[@fliper2011]

Dopethrone is definitely sludge.

[@jeffclark1164]

What I liked about this album is the lack of BS. Too many of their albums have songs that would be much shorter without the "stuff" or would just end. This is more dialed in and focused. Unfortunately it also sounds like one of their many imitators.

[@nunyabidness4655]

What is the O-cult?

[@harveythompson3161]

wow wow wow easy on those zoom-ins and outs

[@deldzl]

Absolutely agree on the cover, it's garbage.

[@calinamariei2083]

What are you talking about. The cover is perfect.

[@mikedesert7022]

Poison Idea did it 200x cooler years ago. Its pretty cheezy

[@prettynoose8497]

0:49= Unfortunately, its 2 decades after they peaked?.....wait; how did Electric Wizard exactly 'peak', lol.

[@mattasaurus12]

Sonically

[@Driver_88]

The wizard plays a little rock! not complaining for something different!

[@TheSpiralCurse]

Cover looks like the one on The Struts Everybody Wants, plus the carved name. Now i like the struts a lot, good old fashioned rock and roll band.....buuuut DOOM BAND shouldnt be reminding me of that

[@shapecatfilms7592]

I would never have described the 'film' of Necromania as being "bluesy".......

[@pelodelperro]

I agree with 3 out of 5. Sadly, I found it a bit underwhelming.

[@deadkittie4158]

I have grown to realize that anyone who reviews and album is full of themselves. Personally I think the album is cool. All you people are so fucking strategic about want you want. That I really do think any of you are really listening. This is not science or math. And I'm sick of everyone wanting something from a band your not even in. Put your fucking brains on chill mood , and open your ears

[@thewal1ofsleep]

Electric Wizard haven't made a great album since "Witchcult Today", in my opinion. "Black Masses", "Time to Die" and this newest record each have a song or two which are pretty good, but to my ears, the albums are pretty boring as a whole. Their leaning further into the whole 60's blues, psych and proto punk and garage thing isn't doing much for me, as EW don't seem that great at writing with those influences in mind. I highly doubt we'll get another supremely heavy yet still psychedelic album in the vein of "We Live" or "Witchcult Today", but I can dream. I love "Come my Fanatics" and Dopethrone", but the two aforementioned records really hit the sweet spot for me.

[@elvistheripper]

Yeah the difference between Blue Cheer, Sir Lord Baltimore etc and this record is they had riffs, hooks, dynamics...ideas. This is the most obvious, boring and somehow lightest EW record yet. Phoned it in to my ears. On the other hand the new With the Dead...

[@beastofman77]

It's stoner/doom metal not sludge

[@Drforrester31]

I just can't get into this. I've tried listening to a couple of EW's albums and every time I just get so bored after a few minutes. Even these samples are apparently the band going for more blues and less doom but I still couldn't get into it. Due to this and the fact I really don't enjoy Sleep, I've concluded that sludge/doom is just not for me

[@mrdude9074]

Man, I love that guy who cut Slayer in his arm. Wonder what happened to him

[@mrdude9074]

Cool! Thanks dude

[@hunterdelaghetto]

O Cult all day.

[@GROMINBLX]

Its different, sure, but I really like it!

[@startervisions]

This is my favorite doom band...

[@GreyEyedAthena]

The cover rips !

[@mosesgarner2404]

Sara...no need to be conflicted. I'm a long time fan as well and this album IMHO...is terrible. A lot of people have been slagging EW for years now but I've still enjoyed them. Time to Die was a cool album so were Black Masses and Witchcult Today but this new album...Uhg. EW went from being a trendsetter and a trailblazer to predictable trend follower and that's sad for me as a long time fan. This album is very mediocre that it sounds like they didn't even try. I LOVE Blue Cheer but EW sounding like Blue Cheer is NOT what I want to hear from the once mighty EW. Maybe Jus has smoked one too many joints and he's out of riff ideas? I want them to go back to doing new things rather than what they did here which was to sound like every other new Doom band that makes a record now. Honestly if this music was given to me and iw as told it was a new band I wouldn't dig it so the fact that it's EW kinda makes it even worse. Conflicted? Nope. I'm positive that I personally don't dig this album.

[@jacobsanchez6924]

Right? Come My Fanatics and Dopethrone were game changers, for me at least. Those riffs, the Boss Fz-2, and everything about their sound was so massive and evil, and a relatively new sound for the doom/stoner genre. And I agree that they've become rather predictable at this point. I'm over-generalizing obviously, but all their songs sound like the Witchcult Today/Chosen Few riff. I'm glad they're still a band, but they're no different than the rest of the general/schtick/retro doom/stoner bands that are out there now. Really disappointed with this one to be honest..

[@Metal666Corpse]

I agree! The old stuff is fucking epic!! But EW is around since 1993 and i cant blame them for trying something new, its better to feel free at what ur doing than being slaved to a recordindustry who wants you to put out the same thing in order to give them what they want!... (Sry for my bad english)

[@Epiidevvy]

I fucking love this album. Fuck me I guess.

[@BanjoSick]

What, Cannibal are very technical. They are as technical as Atheist but less proggy!

[@brostenen]

All right, yeah.... Fucking 25 plus listens of the complete album. First of all. This is a very weak album, on the surface, when you listen to it the first time. Yet something strikes one, and the album will be played one time more, then one time more... And more and more, wich finally makes one grow into this album. My take after all these listen's of the album, not chronologically each time. Sometimes in reverse. Not true reverse, just playing the last song first and finally the first song last. Yes. It is extremely complex. It has multiple subtle layers in each song. Sometimes the rythm is driven by the bass. As if they have made the bass to the riffs, and the guitars hold the rythm. The songs have a deep philosophical meaning. Sometimes they revert to a hint of the occult, sometimes the darkness in nature and sometimes the darkness in man, and the darkness of the nature of man. First half is about the darkness of mankind it self, then cut in the middle by a requem for something I have not yet discovered, and the last half of the album is about the darkness of nature (the occult powersof the nature and mystic beings) with a slight hint of the darkness of mankind thrown in. I sence that they are telling us all, that the end of everything is near. And as man is blinded by the present, and what we live in, we can not get to what will save us, because what will save us is what we have killed in the first place. Hope this little reflection of mine, is of some use. And finally, I believe this album will grow on people. This album is one of those, that are a descent into madness of the mind. It screams decay of the mind.

[@justinbagdon5116]

HEY!! I agree with some that Cannibal Corpse is actually more technical than they sound, but Never apologize for your opinion NEVER!

[@jaybone23]

I love the record. And we need more women playing heavy music.

[@lynnpehrson8826]

I love electric wizard, but im not even sure id give this three skulls

[@13blackcats33]

Lets hope the “back to our doom roots album” is better.

[@TrondBie]

She was almost crying in the end