Electric Wizard

Electric Wizard is a UK Stoner Metal band, hailing from Dorset. They were formed in 1993 by lead guitarist and singer, Jus Oborn, and are currently signed to Rise Above Records. The band formed when Jus left his previous band Thy Grief Eternal, and joined Mark Greening and Tim Bagshaw (both now of Ramesses). Fast foward to 2004, and Electric Wizard are left with just their frontman. In August of that year Liz Buckingham (13, Sourvein), Justin Greaves (Iron Monkey) and Rob Al-Issa completes the line-up. Justin has since left the band and has been replaced by Shaun Rutter.

Electric Wizard (1994)

1. Stone Magnet
2. Mourning Prayer
3. Mountains of Mars
4. Behemoth
5. Devil's Bride
6. Black Butterfly
7. Electric Wizard
8. Wooden Pipe
9. Illimitable Nebulie
10. Mourning Prayer Part 1

Come My Fanatics... (1997)
1. Return Trip
2. Wizard in Black
3. Doom Mantia
4. Ivixor B/Phase Inducer
5. Son of Nothing
6. Solarian
7. Demon Lung
8. Return to the Son of Nothingness

Supercoven [EP] (1999)
1. Supercoven
2. Burnout
3. Wizard of Gore
4. Electric Wizard

Dopethrone (2000)
1. Vinum Sabbathi
2. Funeralopolis
3. Wierd Tales- i Electric Frost ii Golgotha iii Alter Of Melektaus
4. Barbarian
5. I, The Witchfinder
6. The Hills Have Eyes
7. We Hate You
8. Dopethrone

Witchcult Today (2007)
1. Witchcult Today
2. Dunwich
3. Satanic Rites of Drugula
4. Raptus
5. The Chosen Few
6. Torquemada 71
7. Black Magic Rituals & Perversions
8. Saturnine

Sleep

After an overlooked debut, Sleep released a well-received followup, Sleep's Holy Mountain, in 1992 on Earache. The record had obvious Black Sabbath influences, and has been described as 'the best Black Sabbath never wrote.'
The success of Sleep's Holy Mountain landed Sleep a contract with a larger record company (London), who payed up front for Sleep's next record. As the story goes, Sleep went out and spent all the money on Orange amplifiers and marijuana (although this is denied by the band), then went on to record what is easily one of both stoner rock and doom metal's defining moments; the 1 hour long Dopesmoker.
London refused to publish the record, and Sleep privately released a somewhat shortened version of the song (as a bootleg) in 1998 as Jerusalem before splitting up. Jerusalem was properly released in 1999, however it took until 2003 for Dopesmoker to be released in all its glory on Teepee Records.


Volume 1 (1991)
1. Stillborn
2. The Suffering
3. Numb
4. Anguish
5. Catatonic
6. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
7. The Wall of Yawn
8. Prey
9. Scourge


Sleep's Holy Mountain (1993)
1. Dragonaut
2. The Druid
3. Evil Gypsy-Solomon's Theme
4. Some Grass
5. Aquarian
6. Holy Mountain
7. Inside the Sun
8. From Beyond
9. Nain's Baptism


Dopesmoker (2003)
1. Dopesmoker
2. Sonic Titan

Cathedral

Cathedral is a doom metal band formed in late 1989, when founder members Lee Dorrian (ex-Napalm Death) and Mark "Griff" Griffiths were discussing their love of bands like Trouble, Pentagram, Black Sabbath, St. Vitus, Melvins, and Candlemass. The setting was at a Carcass show in Cardiff, where Griff was roadie and in charge off the projections of gore for that band. After more than several beers the pair came to the conclusion that they should form a band in the vein of their heroes and thus the idea was born. They started out as slow and Heavy Traditional doom with slightly harsh vocals on their debut, This style is mentioned as having a strong influence on Death/Doom. After that they started going in the Psychedelic/Stoner direction.


Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
1. Picture Of Beauty & Innocence (Intro) - Comiserating The Celebration
2. Ebony Tears
3. Serpent Eve
4. Soul Sacrifice
5. A Funeral Request
6. Equilibrium
7. Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain


The Etherreal Mirror (1993)
1. Violet Vortex
2. Ride
3. Enter the Worms
4. Midnight Mountain
5. Fountain of Innocence
6. Grim Luxuria
7. Jaded Entity
8. Ashes You Leave
9. Phantasmagoria
10. Imprisoned in Flesh
11. Sky Lifter
12. Funeral Request 1993


The Carnival Bizarre (1995)
1. Vampire Sun
2. Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
3. Utopian Blaster
4. Night of the Seagulls
5. Carnival Bizarre
6. Inertia's Cave
7. Fangalacticus Supergoria
8. Blue Light
9. Palace of Fallen Majesty
10. Electric Grave


Caravan Beyond Redemption (1998)
1. Voodoo Fire
2. The Unnatural World
3. Satanikus Robotikus
4. Freedom
5. Captain Clegg
6. Earth Messiah
7. The Caravan
8. Revolution
9. Kaleidoscope of Desire
10. Heavy Load
11. The Omega Man
12. Dust of Paradise


The Garden of Unearthly Delights (2005)
1. Dearth AD 2005
2. Tree of Life and Death
3. North Berwick Witch Trials
4. Upon Azraels Wings
5. Corpsecycle
6. Fields of Zagara
7. Oro the Manslayer
8. Beneath a Funeral Sun
9. The Garden
10. Proga -Europa

Trouble

Trouble was formed in 1979 by vocalist Eric Wagner, guitarists Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell, bassist Sean McAllister, and drummer Jeff Olson. Drawing deeply from Black Sabbath for inspiration (with occasional nods to the psychedelic sounds of the late '60s thrown in for good measure), the band forged an uncompromising brand of classic metal all their own, made more unique by their gloomy down-tuned riffs and spiritual, often mistakenly religious lyrics, which quickly earned them the dubious "white metal" tag although Eric Wagner denies any connections to christianity. On their self-titled they started going in a more Psychedelic/Stoner Direction.



Psalm 9 (1984)
1. The Tempter
2. Assassin
3. Victim of the Insane
4. Revelation (Life or Death)
5. Bastards Will Pay
6. The Fall of Lucifer
7. Endtime
8. Psalm 9
9. Tales of Brave Ulysses (Cream Cover)


The Skull (1985)
1. Pray for the Dead
2. Fear No Evil
3. The Wish
4. The Truth Is, What is
5. Wickedness of Man
6. Gideon
7. The Skull


Run to the Light (1987)
1. The Misery Shows
2. Thinking of the Past
3. On Borrowed Time
4. Run to the Light
5. Piece of Mind
6. Born in a Prison
7. Tuesday's Child
8. The Beginning


Trouble (1990)
1. At The End of My Daze
2. The Wolf
3. Psychotic Reaction
4. A Sinner's Fame
5. The Misery Shows (Act II)
6. R.I.P.
7. Black Shapes of Doom
8. Heaven on my Mind
9. E.N.D.
10. All is Forgiven


Manic Frustration (1992)
1. Come Touch The Sky
2. 'Scuse Me
3. The Sleeper
4. Fear
5. Rain
6. Tragedy Man
7. Memory's Garden
8. Manic Frustration
9. Hello Strawberry Skies
10. Mr. White
11. Breathe...