Legalise Drugs & Murder

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Legalise Drugs & Murder
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EP by
Released31 March 2012 [1]
Genre Doom metal, stoner metal, sludge metal
Length11:50 (7")
34:36 (Cassette)
36:06 (12")
Label Rise Above
Satyr IX Productions
Witchfinder Records
Producer Jus Oborn
Electric Wizard chronology
Black Masses
(2010)
Legalise Drugs & Murder
(2012)
Time to Die
(2014)
12" Vinyl & Cassette Cover
Electric Wizard - Legalise Drugs and Murder.jpg

Legalise Drugs & Murder is the fifth EP by English doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released in March 2012.

Contents

Background

On 1 October 2012 Electric Wizard issued the EP in a cassette form that came bundled with issue #228 of Terrorizer Magazine. This version contained four additional tracks. One of the songs, a 2012 remastered demo of "Satyr IX" from Black Masses , was released as a flexi disc for issue #94 of Decibel Magazine on 1 August 2012. "Patterns of Evil" is an alternate mix from the song on Black Masses. "Lucifer (We've Gone Too Far)" and "Our Witchcult Grows..." are unreleased outtakes.

On 23 June 2016 it was re-issued on 12" EP via Witchfinder Records. [2]

Track listing

7"
No.TitleLength
1."Legalise Drugs & Murder"6:22
2."Murder & Madness"5:28
Total length:11:50
12"
No.TitleLength
1."Legalise Drugs & Murder"6:22
2."Satyr IX" (Demo)7:15
3."Murder & Madness"5:26
4."Patterns of Evil" (Remix)6:40
5."Lucifer (We've Gone Too Far)"6:23
6."Our Witchcult Grows..."5:40
Total length:36:06
Cassette
No.TitleLength
1."Legalise Drugs & Murder"6:20
2."Satyr IX" (Demo)7:13
3."Murder & Madness"5:24
4."Patterns of Evil" (Remix)6:39
5."Lucifer (We've Gone Too Far)"6:21
6."Our Witchcult Grows..."2:39
Total length:34:36

Personnel

Electric Wizard

Production and Art

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References

  1. "Legalise Drugs & Murder" . Retrieved October 8, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "Official Electric Wizard Webpage". witchfinder-records.tmstor.es. Retrieved May 20, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)