| Witchcult Today | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 20 November 2007 | |||
| Studio | Toe Rag Studios | |||
| Genre | Doom metal, stoner metal | |||
| Length | 58:53 | |||
| Label | Rise Above Records (UK) Candlelight Records (US) Leaf Hound Records (Japan) | |||
| Producer | Liam Watson | |||
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Witchcult Today is the sixth studio album by English doom metal band Electric Wizard, released on 20 November 2007.
The band's fascination with horror movies and writers continues here with "Satanic Rites of Drugula", a reference to the Hammer Studios horror film The Satanic Rites of Dracula , and "Dunwich", a reference to H.P. Lovecraft's short story The Dunwich Horror ; also "Black Magic Rituals & Perversions (I. Frisson Des Vampires II. Zora)" makes reference to Jean Rollin film Le Frisson des Vampires (Shiver of the Vampires) and to Italian comic book character Zora the Vampire. Furthermore, the album cover of "Witchcult Today" is edited from the poster for The Devil Rides Out and is reminiscent of a scene from the 1975 occult thriller Race with the Devil .
On 23 May 2012, Metal Blade Records issued a limited edition vinyl which contained Witchcult Today and Black Masses , in order to coincide with the 10th Maryland Deathfest. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8/10 [3] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 9.5/10 [4] |
| Cosmos Gaming | (positive) [5] |
Reviews for Witchcult Today were mostly positive, with Thom Jurek of AllMusic writing "Musically, Electric Wizard inhabit the same basic world of stoner/doom/sludge they always have." [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Witchcult Today" | 7:54 |
| 2. | "Dunwich" | 5:34 |
| 3. | "Satanic Rites of Drugula" | 6:06 |
| 4. | "Raptus" | 2:13 |
| 5. | "The Chosen Few" | 8:19 |
| 6. | "Torquemada '71" | 6:42 |
| 7. | "Black Magic Rituals & Perversions"
| 11:01 |
| 8. | "Saturnine" | 11:04 |
| Total length: | 58:53 | |
| Year | Label | Format | Country | Out of Print? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rise Above | CD | UK | Yes | Limited black disc/foil sleeve version [6] |
| 2007 | Rise Above | CD | UK | No | Standard jewel case edition [6] |
| 2007 | Leaf Hound | CD | Japan | No | Includes bonus track |
| 2007 | Candlelight | CD | US | No | Standard jewel case edition |
| 2007 | Rise Above | 2LP | UK | Yes | Special "die-hard" edition; includes screened poster and patch; limited 500 copies (100 purple, 200 black/silver sparkle, 200 green) [6] |
| 2007 | Rise Above | 2LP | UK | Yes | Limited 1500 copies (500 black, 500 clear, 500 silver/grey) [6] |
| 2010 | Rise Above | 2LP | UK | No | "Black Edition", features slightly altered cover art. Non-Gatefold. |
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