Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard is a British Doom Metal/Stoner Metal band formed in 1993. Their style is slow, heavy and fuzzy, with lyrics typically involving marijuana, the occult, witchcraft, HP Lovecraft and horror films. They are generally considered one of the major bands of the stoner metal subgenre, though they also have sludge metal traits in their more aggressive material (such as Dopethrone).
Initially, the band was a power trio consisting of vocalist/guitarist Jus Oborn, bassist Tim Bagshaw and drummer Mark Greening; in 2003, the latter two members left the band, leaving Oborn to recruit a new lineup, which included his wife, Liz Buckingham, as second guitarist.
Current lineup:
- Jus Oborn - vocals, guitar
- Liz Buckingham - guitar
- Tas - bass
- Shaun Rutter - drums
Past members:
- Rob Al-Issa – bass
- Tim Bagshaw – bass
- Mark Greening – drums
- Justin Greaves – drums
Discography:
- Electric Wizard, 1995
- Come My Fanatics..., 1997
- Dopethrone, 2000
- Let Us Prey, 2002
- We Live, 2004
- Witchcult Today, 2007
- Black Masses, 2010
Electric Wizard provides examples of the following tropes:
- Creator Couple: Jus and Liz
- Doom Metal
- Epic Rocking - Most of their output.
- Watch It Stoned
- Heavy Mithril
- I Am the Band - Jus Oborn is the sole remaining founding member of the band.
- Magnum Opus - Generally considered by fans to be Dopethrone, although Come My Fanatics... is frequently regarded as a classic also.
- Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness - On the border between 9 and 10.
- Self-Titled Album - As seen above. Adding more to this example, the album has a title track (so, Electric Wizard - "Electric Wizard", from Electric Wizard).
- Title Drop - Partial drop of the band name, from the very start of Barbarian, "the wizaaard!".