Do you like your doom metal with a heavy ladleful of occultism and leather-clad biker imagery? How about with a cannabis cloud that could suffocate a small village? Scores of battlevests were seen massing around the streets of Worcester last Friday in anticipation of a rare Stateside performance by Dorset England’s Electric Wizard as […]
DIG THIS: ELECTRIC WIZARD, HIGH ON FIRE, ROBYN HITCHCOCK
FRI 11.22 Electric Wizard @ The Palladium Steeped in bong resin and occultism, Electric Wizard let you know exactly where they are coming from and what you are in for. Jus Oborn has been plying his stock for decades now, using the well-worn Sabbath playbook but adding in an unwavering focus on the […]
FOTOBOM: PSYCHO LAS VEGAS 2019
A multi-day metal fest in the middle of the summer, in Vegas? What could possibly go wrong? Well, aside from punishment to your bank account, liver, and skin if you weren’t smart about routine SPF applications, most things went right. Set in the city where dubious decision making is a key branding strategy, the […]
FOTOBOM: PSYCHO LAS VEGAS (ALICE COOPER, ELECTRIC WIZARD, SLEEP, ETC)
Psycho Las Vegas was one of the most amazing festival lineups I can recall. Seriously deep at 95 bands, and with a pretty nice range as well; you weren’t just bludgeoned over the head with down-tuned guitars for the weekend, though that aspect certainly was prevalent and welcomed.
FOTOBOMB: ELECTRIC WIZARD @ ROYALE 4/3
Oborn found such antics perfectly suitable, and even wiped some of the blood onto his face as the show came to an end.
