Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey (2002)



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... 2006, Remastered With Previously Unreleased Bonus Song ...

A band whose creative process has often been as lethargic as their drawn-out doom
dirges, Electric Wizard surprised many fans when they announced the
imminent release of their fourth album, Let Us Prey a mere year and a
half after 2000s monolithic Dopethrone -- itself preceded by nearly four
years of silence. Probably for this very reason, Let Us Prey weighs in
at a comparatively trim 45 minutes or so and makes for a significantly
easier meal to digest than its epic predecessor; but it also falls short
of Dopethrone in delivering what many consider to be the final word in
doom metal. In fact, it appears that, having stuffed those four years of
frustration into Dopethrone's perfectly colossal mass, the world's most
doleful trio used Let Us Prey to take a concerted step back from the
edge, and allow themselves the privilege to explore a few new
directions. A good case in point, first track "A Chosen Few" immediately
finds them scaling back their extreme volume and feedback in order to
make room for added guitar textures; and second offering "We, the
Undead" sees them stepping on the gas and embarking upon a manic
thrash-out the likes of which they've rarely attempted (topped by
ultra-distorted screaming from singer Jus Osborn). Both are also
uncharacteristically short and to the point, but the two-part
instrumental "Master of Alchemy: I. House of Whipchord/II. The Black
Drug" is more familiar. At nearly ten minutes, it resurrects the
vintage, head nodding Wizard of old, and may just qualify as the
greatest incidental horror movie soundtrack ever committed to tape.
Sadly, its also the album's last unquestionable winner, as subsequent
stoner epics "The Outsider" and "Priestess of Mars," while still
offering plenty of doom for your buck, start to sound somewhat automatic
and recycled. Also, separating the two is an eyebrow-raising anomaly
called "Night of the Shape" consisting of piano and saxophone mood music
(shock!) splayed out over a nearly electronic drumbeat. Ultimately, Let
Us Prey's riskier experiments and occasional inconsistencies, however
small, are bound to disappoint Electric Wizard fanatics accustomed to
magnum opus after magnum opus; but the fact of the matter is that it
still leaves most competitors coughing in the band's pot smoke.

~ by Eduardo Rivadavia, allmusic.com

Tracklist :

1. ...A Chosen Few - 6:34
2. We, The Undead - 4:29
3. Master Of Alchemy: I. House Of Whipcord - II. The Black Drug - 9:23
4. The Outsider - 9:19
5. Night Of The Shape - 4:03
6. Priestess Of Mars - 10:05
7. Mother Of Serpents (Bonus Track) - 5:56

• Jus Oborn - Vocals, Guitar
• Tim Bagshaw - Bass
• Mark Greening - Drums, Piano

Recorded Sept-Oct 2001 At Chupackalumba Studios, New Forest, England
Recorded and Engineered by John Stephens
Mixed by John Stephens and Jus Oborn. Mastered by Doug Shearer

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