Dopethrone is the third studio album by English doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released in 2000 through Rise Above Records and re-released by the same label in 2004 and 2007 with an extra song.
Dopethrone, along with Come My Fanatics..., is often cited as Electric Wizard's seminal release and the highpoint of their career. Reviewers have described it as \"some of the absolute slowest, heaviest doom imaginable\" and have said \"it may well be the finest record to emerge from the whole British stoner-rock scene\". Speaking to Kerrang! in July 2009, Jus Oborn remembered: \"Most of us were stuck in some drug addiction or alcoholism at the time, and it was just pure hate. It was us against the world, and we just wanted to make the most disgusting, foul, putrid record that anyone has ever recorded. We camped out at the studio, so it was literally just wake up, consume as much fucking drugs as possible, and then just start jamming.\"
On this album, Electric Wizard's very slow, heavy and psychedelic sound became more abrasive and aggressive. Jus Oborn's vocals are heavily manipulated and low in the mix and the guitars are extremely fuzzy.
Dopethrone was crowned \"Album of the Decade\" (2000s) by Terrorizer magazine.
The song \"Vinum Sabbathi\" appears in the documentary \"The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia\"
1. \"Vinum Sabbathi\" 3:05
2. \"Funeralopolis\" 8:43
3. \"Weird Tales\" 15:05
1. \"Electric Frost\"
2. \"Golgotha\"
3. \"Altar of Melektaus\"
4. \"Barbarian\" 6:29
5. \"I, The Witchfinder Aka Las Torturas de la Inquisicion\" 11:04
6. \"The Hills Have Eyes\" 0:46
7. \"We Hate You\" 5:08
8. \"Dopethrone\" (10:55 on versions featuring \"Mind Transferral\") 20:48
