Let Us Prey - Electric Wizard

There wasn't really anywhere left to go after 'Dopethrone,' thus Electric Wizard decided to turn backwards a little, back into the realm of easily digested guitar riffs and less overwhelming distortion. This album is fairly easy to listen to, at least by comparison, though song lengths in excess of nine minutes with very little in the way of internal deviation require a patient listener. The sound is still authentic doom, heavy on the bass guitar with blues-influenced guitar, and if anything the performance is even angrier here than before, particularly in the form of Jus Osborn's vocals in 'We, the Undead' and the heavier, grittier 'The Outsider.' Most of the ...  Read the complete review