Let Us Prey
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| Studio album by Electric Wizard | ||||
| Released | 25 March 2002 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 2001 at Chuckalumba Studios in Dorset | |||
| Genre | Doom metal | |||
| Length | 43:51 | |||
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Rise Above JVC Victor (Japan) The Music Cartel (US) Candlelight (US reissue) | |||
| Producer | Jus Oborn and John Stephens | |||
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 Rise Above 2LP version |
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| I-Mockery | [2] |
Let Us Prey is the fourth studio album by English doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released through Rise Above Records in 2002, and was the last album to feature Electric Wizard's original line-up. After its release Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening went on to form Ramesses.[3]
The vinyl edition was originally pressed by The Music Cartel on a single LP. Rise Above later reissued the vinyl version as a 2LP with a bonus track, "Mother of Serpents". This track also appears on the Japanese version of the album as well as the CD reissues on both Rise Above and Candlelight Records.
Style
Let Us Prey was a continuation of the more abrasive doom metal sound of their previous album, Dopethrone. It featured more experimentation and guitar layering on some songs. It is also unusual because it is much shorter (43 minutes) than other Electric Wizard albums, and does not include printed lyrics, making them difficult to decipher.
Speaking to Kerrang! in July 2009, Jus Oborn remembered: "I think that was our Genesis record. We were all just about the studio, and we wanted to create music using the studio. We were really into the idea of recording then, this pretty technical album. We wanted to be experimental, like trying out some horror movie type stuff, just to see how it works. Each song was like an idea, we didn't write it. We just got an idea, and went with that for how we wanted that to sound."[3]
Track listing
- "...A Chosen Few" – 6:35
- "We, the Undead" – 4:29
- "Master of Alchemy" – 9:23
- I. "House of Whipcord"
- II. "The Black Drug"
- "The Outsider" – 9:19
- "Night of the Shape" – 4:03
- "Priestess of Mars" – 10:01
Personnel
- Jus Oborn - guitar, vocals
- Tim Bagshaw - bass
- Mark Greening - drums, piano
- Paul Sax - violin on "Night of the Shape"
- Stephen O'Malley - artwork
- All lyrics - Jus Oborn
- All music - Electric Wizard
Release history
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References
- ↑ "Let Us Prey - Electric Wizard". Allmusic.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060313214845/http://www.i-mockery.com/musicreviews/detailed.php?id=980. Archived from the original on March 13, 2006. Retrieved December 6, 2005. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - 1 2 Ruskell, Nick. Kerrang! #1269, July 2009. Treasure Chest. An Intimate Portrait Of Life In Rock. Jus Oborn, p.60