"Wizard Bloody Wizard" is a concise, 37-minute blast of pure, unadulterated Electric Wizard riffage, eschewing the lengthy explorations of past efforts for immediate, corrosive impact. It arrived as a potent reminder of the band's unique place in the heavy music landscape.
- The album was recorded and mixed at Satyr Sound Studio by the band themselves. It was released on November 17, 2017, by Spinefarm Records. The album cover art is a painting by Mark Wilkinson, known for his work with Marillion.
- The album's title is a clear nod to Black Sabbath's 1970 album "Paranoid," themselves renaming it "War Pigs" in some territories. Electric Wizard are known for their homages to Black Sabbath and the horror genre.
- "Wizard Bloody Wizard" is the band's tenth studio album and was released following their 2014 album "Time to Die." It stands as one of their more straightforward and aggressive offerings in recent years.
Dorset, England's Electric Wizard have been a touchstone of the doom metal scene since the early 1990s, pioneering a sound that marries Sabbathian riff worship with crushing, horror-fueled atmosphere. By 2017, they were elder statesmen of the genre, still capable of delivering tectonic shifts in low-end frequencies.
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