Born in the digital era
The Black Wizards are four analogic musicians that throws dirty blues into the air: no bullshit, no gimmicks, just pure soul, emotion and lots of fuzz.
Drinking from the same fountains as many of the contemporary bands around, The Black Wizards present us with a set of songs that give a new twist on previously heard sounds and stamp their own personality on these long tunes that pass by seamlessly.
Permeated with barely in control guitar feedbacks like a classic long lost proto heavy rock band, The Black Wizards capture the spirit of records done with a sense of urgency lacking on some of today's groups.
It's as if they have been dwelling in obscurities having learned all there is to learn with more famous '70s groups and then moving on.
Slow and heavy, The Black Wizards reach further to invoke a sonic pallet that reeks of genuine pleasure in what they do. Never losing track of rhythm and momentum, they take us deeper into their own little lake of fire. And boy, does that lake burn
...If heavy riffing is your deal, look no further. Also, if frantic and relentless fuzzed out guitar solo freak outs is your thing, then get ready because these guys are not afraid to step on their fuzz pedals and eclipse you out of existence.
A solid body of work,
Lake Of Fire is more than an excellent calling card into the foray of long players. It's like a huge bonfire in the middle of the night. Throughout the
album, The Black Wizards display a dizzying and dazzling interplay between guitarists Joana
Brito and
Paulo Ferreira, held on like non sniffed glue by bassist
João Mendes and completely blown to bits by explosive powerhouse drummer
Helena Peixoto. All this is punctuated by Joana Brito who doubles as vocalist and adds a bluesy feel to their doom infected groove.
The best example of this ferocity is the pair of tracks "
Gypsy Woman" and "Lake Of Fire". On this particular set of tracks, there are no stop signs as they grind you to the ground until you are nothing more than ashes scattered into oblivion by the wind. What links these two songs is an atomic bomb of a drum solo as if Helena Peixoto is playing
Madison Square Garden in
1971 and you feel transported back to the time when drum solos were actually something to listen to!
Stand out tracks also include "
I Don't Mind" and the incredibly powerful opener "
Pain" which promise to be crowd pleaser. With their incredibly catchy heavy hooks, one wonders what kind of wizardry are these persons into. The subtle use of percussion also adds an extra flavour through the path of this record slowing it down a notch. When you reach the end of the record, you realize you have been bulldozed with stellar guitar work and stone age mega riffage and the search party begins to salvage your remains from the bottom of the lake.
1. Pain - 0:00
2. I Don't Mind - 6:54
3.
Waiting For a
Train - 13:18
4.
Blindfold - 20:12
5. Gypsy Woman - 27:54
6. Lake Of Fire - 36:59
7.
Wicked Brain - 44:40
8.
Fallen Leaves - 54:58
Support The Black Wizards by purchasing the album here ~ https://theblackwizards.bandcamp.com/album/lake-of-fire
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- published: 27 Nov 2015
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