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2LP ELECTRIC
WIZARD
Black
Masses
Limited Edition
In Red Vinyl
Country of release: UK, 2016
Original
released: 2010
Label: Rise
Above
Catalogue
number: RISELP 130
Barcode:
0803341332300
Klappcover / Gatefold Sleeve: Ja
/ Yes
Includes Insert
Condition Records: Mint Condition Cover: Mint
LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED
!!!
(Photo von
meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks Side 1:
1. Black Mass (6:06)
2. Venus In Furs
(6:22)
Tracks Side 2:
1. The Nightchild (8:02)
2. Patterns Of Evil (6:30)
Tracks Side 3:
1. Satyr IX (9:58)
2. Turn Off Your Mind (5:51)
Tracks Side
4:
1. Scorpio Curse (7:31)
2. Crypt Of Drugula
(8:49)
Listen At
YouTube:
What seemed like a one-time sonic
detour on Electric Wizard's sixth album, Witchcult Today, was shown to be a
concerted shift in aesthetic by its similarly conjured 2010 successor, Black
Masses. On both releases, the hallowed Dorset doomsters once again sped up their
typically creeping tempos and replaced their bowel-loosening bottom end for a
slightly leaner, snarling guitar sound that opened some space for more prominent
vocals, yet was often slathered in a ghostly feedback shroud. Change…it happens,
and that means Electric Wizard fans will simply have to take or leave their
heroes' latest direction and newfound sense of urgency, all of which are
generously represented here by the bulldozer of a title track "Venus in Furs"
(not a cover of the Velvet Underground classic, believe it or not) and "The
Nightchild" (boasting oddly horn-like accompaniments). All three of these cuts
inevitably lock into a hypnotic, insistent cadence over which vocalist Jus Oborn
proceeds to moan and wail disconsolately while simultaneously weaving his
seismic guitar parts in morbid harmony with those of Liz Buckingham -- now his
longest tenured bandmate, given the debut of a new rhythm section in bassist Tas
and drummer Shaun Rutter on this release. And, though no less energetic than the
aforementioned songs (by historic Electric Wizard standards, anyway), the
supremely wicked twosome of "Patterns of Evil" and "Turn off Your Mind" finally
see almighty riffing overwhelm the otherwise dominant grooves as they always
would in the past. Yet, amazingly, "Satyr IX" and "Scorpio Curse" are the only
traditional doom grinds on display, and it must be said the first sounds pretty
uneventful and tired, arguably justifying the band's wish to move on to
something else, creatively speaking. Finally, the album closing instrumental,
"Crypt of Drugula," joins a long string of sinister, soundtrack-like drones
spread across Electric Wizard's formidable canon, proving that the group's
blackened soul certainly remains fundamentally unchanged. And perhaps it is this
partial reconnection with those roots that elevates Black Masses above the
preceding Witchcult Today, and will surely remind fans why Electric Wizard's
shadow still looms dark over the entire new millennium doom universe. (Eduardo
Rivadavia/allmusic.com)
Justin Oborn - Guitar, Vocals, Effects
Elizabeth Buckingham -
Guitar, Effects
Tas Danazoglou - Bass
Shaun Rutter - Drums
&
Edryd Turner - Mellotron (Track
3)
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