ELECTRIC WIZARD — Supercoven (review)

ELECTRIC WIZARD — Supercoven album cover EP · 1998 · Stoner Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Doomster
Electric Wizard are my favorite band ever, and I worship all of their albums like I would a God. Of course, this little EP here, "Supercoven", is no exception.

"Supercoven" is a short(er) EP by English stoner doomsters Electric Wizard right before they recorded their magnum opus, "Dopethrone". "Supercoven" acted as sort of a preparation for their masterpiece, and does a damn good job of it.

The guitars that make up the four songs (51 minutes) on "Supercoven", aswell as their "We Live" album that came out later, are alot more spacey, and more "hypnotic" and pyschedelic than on other releases, and like other releases by the band, the songs will you usually explode into a massive wave of sound. The bass is still audible, heavy as hell, and tripped out. The drums are pretty much the same, though you can hear them alot better than on the band's other albums.

The opening and title track, "Supercoven" is one of my favorite Wizard songs, if not the. It kicks off with a spoken word followed by a long spacey intro, and then the first fuzzy riff comes in, and damn is it crushing. Jus Oborn's vocal work here is incredible. They sound exhausted, distorted and seriously pissed off, but in a good way. You can just feel the emotion dripping from his mouth as he shouts lines like "YOG SOTHOTH IS THE GAAATE!" and "TURN TO THE SUNNNN!" as if it was his last time he would ever hold the microphone, gripping onto it for dear life. The song is chock full of kickass guitar solos, stellar drum work, seriously heavy bass, and the whole song is just a whole fuckin' diamond. A highlight of this song would be the final minute, with a huge (HUGE) wah guitar riff with Jus shouting "SUPERCOVEN!" over and over as the riff and vocals build intensity, and then it's just Jus' lone vocals, and the song ends. Talk about exhilerating!

I've spent alot of time on "Supercoven", but what's the rest of the EP like? Well, it follows in a similar fashion. "Burnout", one of the band's longest songs (19 minutes), has some seriously groovy riffage, and "Wizard of Gore" is almost unbelievably heavy, and with some interesting drum work, kind of tribal sounding, not used before in the Wizard's catelouge. It also includes a cover of the band's self-titled track from their (also self-titled) debut album.

All in all, if you like the Wizard, listen to this record, hail Satan.
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