Review: Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today

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Through almost 20 years, major line-up overhauls and eardrum surgery, Electric Wizard bandleader Jus Oborn has weathered all doom metal storms, returning to the scene after three years with Witchcult Today. Alas, this chapter of down-tuned gloom takes a step backwards into more monotonous fare, with the first three tracks (including the catchy Dunwich) bleeding into each other indistinguishably. Raptus is a brief collage of spare chords and faux freak-outs, and The Chosen Few revisits the tedium of the initial trio of songs. The Eyehategod-esque swing of Torquemada 71 chronicles the accomplishments of Spanish Inquisition figure Tmas de Torquemada, and...