In a 2017 interview with Psychedelic Baby magazine, Jus Oborn touched on the recording process, stating that some members of the band were in the process of moving home during this period and as such, different songs were recorded in various places, the bulk of which was completed at what became their personalised home studio – Satyr IX. ”Ī TASCAM 85 16B analog tape recorder as used by the band. The 'man' is slowly neutering and killing us with technology and lies… It's time to fight back. Sex and violence are our basest instincts, I guess we think that engaging the brain and guts on this most basic, primal level is the fastest way to grab people's emotions… It's 'shock' tactics, but the world is so fuckin' brainwashed or bored that they need to be 'woken up'. but not very nice ones, to be honest, ha ha ha! We like to push people’s buttons if we can. “ It's a homage to some exploitation movies.
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Echoing the band's fondness for all things macabre, Blabbermouth described the cover as "A sick and twisted bad taste eye-assault that aims to titillate, excite and repulse you." While there are none of the familiar horror movie sound bites between songs as previously employed by the band on past albums, Oborn cited horror movies such as The Last House On The Left as inspiration for the album's cover art, stating: With a running time of 43 minutes and consisting of only six songs, Wizard Bloody Wizard is the band's shortest studio album to date.Ĭredit for the album cover is given to guitarist Liz Buckingham though it is unclear whether she posed for the picture.
Though some music critics noted an overall change in the band's sound from their usual doom formula towards a slightly more hard rock approach, the album received generally favourable reviews. Recording took place from April 2016 to February 2017 at the Satyr IX Recording Studios with production duties on the album shared between lead singer Jus Oborn and guitarist Liz Buckingham.
Wizard Bloody Wizard is the ninth studio album by English doom metal band Electric Wizard released on 17 November 2017, three years after their previous album Time to Die.