Electric Wizard is the debut album by the doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 band Electric Wizard

Electric Wizard

Electric Wizard are a stoner metal band from Dorset, England that formed in 1993. The band have since recorded seven albums, at least three of which are now considered to be landmarks of their genre: their self-title debut, Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics..., and Dopethrone...

. It was released during 1995 through Rise Above Records

Rise Above Records

Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...

. The music is in the style of traditional doom metal with some stoner metal

Stoner rock

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 traits. The album cover depicts a woman riding a winged seahorse

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 across a psychedelic ocean floor, which has been decorated with stone statues. The font used for the logo is the same style used for Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

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's self-titled album

Black Sabbath (album)

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, a nod to one of the band's inspirations.

Electric Wizard was re-released bundled with their second album, Come My Fanatics...

Come My Fanatics...

Come My Fanatics... is the second album by the doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released in 1997, and is widely viewed as a landmark in the history of the doom metal genre...

in 1999. A remastered version was then released on CD and LP in 2006, with two bonus tracks, taken from a demo entitled Doom Chapter.

Track listing

All tracks by Jus Oborn

1. "Stone Magnet" – 4:52
2. "Mourning Prayer" – 5:06
3. "Mountains of Mars" – 3:47
4. "Behemoth" – 8:54
5. "Devil's Bride" – 6:34
6. "Black Butterfly" – 8:20
7. "Electric Wizard" – 9:40
8. "Wooden Pipe" – 0:08

Bonus songs on 2006 reissue:

9. "Illimitable Nebulie" (Demo) – 4:51
10. "Mourning Prayer, Part 1" (Demo) – 5:19

Personnel

• Jus Oborn
  Jus Oborn
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   - guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Tim Bagshaw - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Mark Greening - drums
  Drum kit
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• All Lyrics: Jus Oborn
• All Music: Electric Wizard

Release history

Year	Label	Format	Country	Out of Print?	Notes
1995	Rise Above Rise Above Records Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...	CD	U.K. United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Yes	original CD release
1995	Rise Above Rise Above Records Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...	LP	U.K. United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Yes	original LP release; limited 1000 copies on green vinyl
1999	Rise Above Rise Above Records Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...	2CD	U.K. United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Yes	coupled with Come My Fanatics... Come My Fanatics... Come My Fanatics... is the second album by the doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released in 1997, and is widely viewed as a landmark in the history of the doom metal genre...
2002	Rise Above Rise Above Records Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...	CD	U.K. United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Yes
2006	Rise Above Rise Above Records Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...	DigiCD	U.K. United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	No	remastered version; includes 2 bonus tracks
2006	Candlelight Candlelight Records Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor,...	DigiCD	U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	No	remastered version; includes 2 bonus tracks
2006	Rise Above Rise Above Records Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...	2LP+7"	U.K. United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Yes	remastered version; includes 2 bonus tracks on a 7" limited 1500 copies (500 black, 500 ice blue, 500 luminous green)