Let Us Prey Music Cd

Wizards - Let Us Prey

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Let Us Prey      Artist : Electric Wizard      List Price : $14.98 USD        Your Price : $14.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2008-02-05      Studio : Candlelight      Label : Candlelight      Avg. Customer Rating : (3 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Let Us Prey      3.5 - Eclectic Wizard      Rating:      How to follow "Dopethrone"? An album widely regarded as a modern day classic in the stoner/doom genre. Electric Wizard's response, "Let Us Prey", proved to a bit of a damp squid. It was the last release from the seminal line-up of Jus Oborn, Mark Greening and Tim Bagshaw, the trio that created the bands best albums, "Come My Fanatics" and "Dopethrone". Divisions were reported during the making of this album, and unfortunately this came through on record. "Let Us Prey" is extremely hit and miss throughout, mostly due to some unexpected and out of place experimentation. "We, The Undead" sees the band surging into relatively lightning paced punk rock, and "Night of the Shape" surprises with some moody trip-hop dirge. I appreciate some artists need to re-invent their sound from time to time, but only if that sound is tired. Electric Wizard had just perfected their super-heavy, abrasive brand of 70s doom, and these experiments were not only unnecessary, but quite out of their field. The band sounds messy and confused playing punk, and as for trip-hop...well...just a weird choice. Frustratingly, amidst the unsuccessful experimentation is some bludgeoning classic EW. Opener "A Chosen Few" blasts in with a typically brutal lead riff, and you wouldn't be stupid to think another "Dopethrone" is on the way. One of my all-time favourite EW tracks comes after the muddled punk, the monumental "Master of Alchemy" piece. Purely instrumental, the song swaggers through two of Oborn's best ever riffs, psychedelic atmospherics and wailing solos. There's a sublime doom groove throughout both sections, making the clutter before it become even more frustrating. "The Outsider" and "Priestess of Mars" are both decent tracks, not brilliant but staple EW and enjoyable, and they keep a small level of consistency going. So with "Let Us Prey" you get two outstanding, classic Wizard tracks - two staple, slightly stock tracks and two dreadful, out of place experiments. A true mixed bag, and a frustrating release when compared to the mighty albums that preceded it. Those new to the band are best advised with "Come My Fanatics" or "Dopethrone".     Customer Reviews for Let Us Prey Cd      One of the greatest Electric Wizard albums      Rating:      This is easily one of the best electric wizard albums available, and in fact this is the only version of it that is still currently in print on lp. On the 2002 Japanese release on JVC Victor records and the 2006 Rise Above release (both 2 lp sets, this one is just 1), there is a bonus track called "mother of serpents", but nevertheless, this is an incredible album even without it, and its a fair price to pay for a record. This is a very space and drug oriented album, and they pull it off very sincerely. This is definitely a must have stoner metal album. Electric Wizard creates brilliant soundscapes and beautiful interweaving guitar and bass parts while all the same still remaining true to their claim at being "the heaviest band in the universe". I can't strongly enough convey the sheer brilliance of this album, so just get it. Editorial Reviews for Let Us Prey Audio Cd      Album Description      Considered by many to literally be The Heaviest Band In The World, Electric Wizard is more like a cult than a band. The Wizard conjure up visions of Alistair Crowley having a black trip with HP Lovecraft, whilst gazing at the most far out biker flicks ever created. This, combined with the crustiest gravity defying Doom riffs and drones, Electric Wizard have one mission: To Destroy! Plastic Head.