Anyone else agreeing that they should finish the marathon with Sleep - Dopesmoker

This is the deepest metal cut you could have made for this channel and I NEVER thought you would have gone here, but I love that you did. I love these band, but for sure I don't have anyone else in my life that would like it. Doom metal is amazing music and Electric Wizard is a fantastic band and mad respect for you guys giving them a shot.

The way you feel about this song is same way people felt about Black Sabbath when it was brand new.

One of the heaviest songs ever conceived by mortal man. The introduction riffage, alone, can push trees back and crack statues. Welcome to your doom, our doom.

Ryan being so shook by this one I think is the highest compliment to Electric Wizard. They did their job. In the end he was almost depressed lol

Discovering Electric Wizard was like discovering the band I've been looking for my whole life. This is my shit. That's what I appreciate about stoner metal, it's all about grooves, riffs, and heaviness. Checks off everything I look for. And Electric Wizard kills it.

I convinced my wife to go see Electric Wizard live, and they closed with this song. Between the unrelenting doom and the video backdrop of occult movies, I remember her turning to me at one point and saying, "well, it's a good thing that we have church in the morning!" Haha! I think Ryan was ready for a spiritual cleansing too after that listen.

It's like a piece of unsettling art. I love this, it touches me somewhere in my brain. It becomes one sound. A pure emotion. Like a trip, where the vocals are there to guide you through so you don't get lost. This music makes so much more sense when you're stoned and/or very down. It actually lifts me. I totally get it isn't for everyone, though.

Well, Electric Wizard has officially broke George and Ryan. Funeralopolis was the waterboarding moment in this marathon.

Uncle Acid & the deadbeats: Death's Door

I love Electric Wizard to death. I listened to pretty much only Death Metal for around ten years (not because I'm against other types of music, but because I legitimately love DM so much), until I finally listened to Electric Wizard, and I don't regret it. I've since listened to hundreds if not thousands of hours of them. Their music is such a primal, visceral thing, it's pure dark and mysterious beauty. I've been clean and dry for a few years now and haven't been able to enjoy their music high or drunk, but I'm sure it's a blast and the first thing I'd do if I had a relapse one day

Our local boys, finally on LOST IN VEGAS!! We are a Rock Bar here in DORSET, that regularly puts on stoner/doom shows, and Mark(EW drummer) is a regular! Sleep - Holy Mountain needs to be done!

I don't care what anybody says this song is metal perfection

“This makes me homicidal”... Mission accomplished 🤣😂

If Art invokes feelings, consider that this form of art moved you. It may have moved you in a way you didn't expect or didn't like. But you were moved.... How much better is it then searching for your feelings. This is the real deal DOOM! Like Ice T said, there go's the neighborhood.

My prediction: They will hate this one ;) I want this song played at my funeral at an uncomfortably loud volume lol

George is right on track. This is not a song that's intended to be an 'easy' listen. It's psychotic, unsettling, and it's wonderful.

I've been waiting for this song since the start of the channel. This is graduate-level HEAVY metal.

Love to see a Monolord reaction. They have a electric wizard sound but lean more towards Black Sabbath

tbh i could barely even concentrate on their reactions .... i just love this song way too fkn much

Im a HUGE Electric Wizard fan. That being said, your experience is 100% warranted. This song was made to hurt, on an emotional level. I personally feel like its intention was to give you that impending sense of doom for the eventual death of our planet and an extinguishing of our way of life. Its not meant to be an learning experience but more like a "shaking-you-awake" moment. Most of Electric Wizards other albums are MUCH more accessible. PLEASE listen to anything on Come my fanatics, specifically Solarian 13, return trip, or doom mantia. also check out Legalise Drugs and Murder, and Black Mass.

Bell Witch's Mirror Reaper would be hilarious lol.

This was def diff, but this was cool, the vocals grew on me, but that instrumentation, those riffs were epic!!! and the drums were great!! Hope to see this marathon continue!

High on Fire - 10,000 Years should be the next marathon song

This is the first time i've seen them look genuinely uncomfortable during a reaction. Especially Ryan making self-pacifying gestures with his hands throughout the whole video, lol

Believe me, when I was a beginner in Electric Wizard's discography, I felt the same way. It took me many listenings to really appreciate their music. Now I'm a big fan of the band it's really easy for me to decipher their songs and the structure of the songs. Feel free to come back to this band, because it is really worth it.

Mad respect to you both. I’ve been watching you guys do your thing for many years. I appreciate the honesty, the realness. This band is not meant to be contained in a recording. They are meant to be experienced live. Doom is such a powerful genre to experience live. Huge speaker stacks and the weight of the music hitting your body and soul.

as someone who loves electric wizard but hates reaction videos, this video was a joy to watch

Ryan's struggle is prelude to him becoming an all out psychotic Electric Wizard fanatic! :P For real, I haven't listened to this song in a minute but there are definitely more Electric Wizard songs that are really heavy and groovy and don't seem to fall apart the way "Funeralopolis" does. This song is extreme anger and disgust being expressed and I think its for a valid reason. I'm sure there are some Electric Wizard songs you could groove too and enjoy at least a little bit.

For me the whole point of this album is to lose yourself in the wall of distorted clipping noise. I don't really care about weed culture wouldn't say I'm a stoner, but listening to this stoned is an experience

Candlemass - Bewitched Pentagram - All Your Sins Saint Vitus - Burial At Sea All classic doom metal from formative bands in the mid 80s.

This is easily my favorite review they’ve done. Their reaction is so real, visceral, and you can see this took an actual mental and physical toll on both of them. We need more. Hail the Wizard!

This track and album were really Electric Wizard at their most extreme. Think back to Dream Theater: remember how you guys heard Metropolis first? Well, that was kinda DT at their most extreme too. These are the tracks that either made people hate these bands or fall in love with them. Electric Wizard, especially, is all about that SOUND. You're meant to get high as shit, crank the music, and just drown in the overpowering aesthetic and forget about everything else. That said, Electric Wizard definitely toned it down a bit after this and released a lot of stuff that was far more accessible. Something like See You In Hell or Black Mass or Flowers of Evil are far easier listens. Not saying you'd love any of those, but if you like the heaviness but are just turned off by how it's too much, you might dig those more.

A huge part of doom/stoner metal vocals that is very different production-wise than other types of metal vocals, is the breathing. Doom vocals especially get the heavy inhale to heavy exhale in the mic, that adds to the sharpness of taking in a breath to warn the listener to the sigh of damnation afterwards. It's a really key, common feature in this genre of music and adds to the unsettling nature of things. It's not something that you'd pick out right away, but once you notice it makes a lot of sense.

I never thought of the connection between Electric Wizard, Prince and shitting on the sidewalk. Well done boys

Easily my favorite video from y'all. Even as someone who absolutely loves this song/group. Thank y'all so much. Much love.

And now for something completely different- King Lizard and the Wizard Gizzard. Great band 👍

ISIS - So Did We Cult of Luna - Dim I feel like these two songs are a good gateway into this kind of style in the sense that they’re just as slow and plodding but with a more melodic and “clean” approach.

I am so excited that you guys did a reaction video on this one! Y'all are awesome!

I can't believe you reacted to this. I've missed a lot of videos I gotta catch up on. When my friend showed me Electric Wizard, I was a noob when it came to metal. I still am. I dedicate time to other genres too so it's just about having time but I'll get around to everything. Hip-Hop is my focus recently. I mean that J. Cole just dropped too! But anyways, check out Supercoven is you haven't already. One of my favorites. But love those cover with the devil and a bong 🤣

George comparing this to stuff crust pizza is hilariously accurate

Haven't even watched yet, but... THIS is a milestone reaction! Never clicked on something so fast. EDIT: 13:40 Ryan was obviously joking when he said that The Wizard wasn’t trying to appeal to anybody, but he's actually on point about that. Pretty sure Jus Osbourne (Lead Vocals/Guitar) has said they were all pretty much aiming to get as fucked on drugs and alcohol as possible and record the most repulsive piece of music ever conceived, and I think they succeeded at their goal, which is why it works so well. I love it. This song will grow on you. More Electric Wizard to check out:.... Stone Magnet, Wizard in Black, Dunwich, Dopethrone, The Barbarian Also, the name of the band is taken from two Black Sabbath songs. Thought you guys should know since y'all love Sabbath so much.

Dopethrone. One of the grooviest albums ever recorded. Every riff is doom electric magic. I'd sit in my room for hours playing along to this album.

Back to the channel after about 3-4 years. glad to see nothing's changed. Keep on rocking guys!

Well you did it guys, you listened to the heaviest song ever made and lived to tell the tale. I think you need some groovier stoner stuff now, Orange Goblin, Windhand, Desert Storm, DOWN, Uncle Acid, Kylesa, All Them Witches.

I really feel Electric Wizard is a future favorite for you guys. Satanic Rites of Drugula or the Chosen Few next please! They’ve got riff power only rivaled by Black Sabbath

LOL love how genuine you guys are! Electric Wizard definitely pushes the senses to a dark place. Great to hear you guys perspective!

I'm home OMG thank you for being here. This song/album changed my entire trajectory on the complexity of metal, my first introduction into doom & sludge and now it's my favorite genre. It's so uncomfortable lol and I think that's the point. To go beyond the confines of society's expectations to not feel the ugly depths of whatever the hell this nasty world truly is/can become. It's such a trigger, one that we all need at some point or another.

I'm shocked Pentagram wasn't in this marathon. Their music is Doom but also groovy.

I'll also add that George is right on the money - this song feels unsettling, but there's a place in music for songs that make you feel that way. Just like horror movies may be frightening or unsettling, music can also be used to make you a bit uncomfortable! But please listen to something by Fu Manchu next, they're a classic stoner rock band and not at all hard to listen to. For something laidback I would suggest No Dice.

Damn, you guys really went in on it. I NEVER expected to hear this on your channel!

I think you guys would enjoy their song “Dunwich” It’s got the heaviness and the power, but it’s a little less distorted vocally and a good deal more streamlined with a very satisfying chorus. Might be worth checking out for you, reaction or not

Gotta get some Weedeater. One of the pillars of stoner doom

Weedeater - God Luck And Good Speed Slomatics - And Yet It Moves Conan - Total Conquest Pallbearer - An Offering Grief

It's amazing seeing the reaction by you guys. Ryan wasn't feeling it. George respected it. And I LOVED it. I l am digging this Stoner/Doom Rock genre.

YOOOO that’s crazy, I was just thinking you two should react to this!!! Thank you big time!!

More accessible: Soundgarden: 4th of July AiC: sludge factory Corrosion of conformity: albatross and/or clean my wounds

I caught Electric Wizard at Hell Fest about 10 years ago. Its still in my top 3 gigs. And my feet are still vibrating from it. YOB - adrift in the ocean.

Great video with multiple completely valid perspectives. I think you guys would be very positively surprised by some of their later work, in particular "Venus in Furs" is an absolute jam with that same core of heaviness but with a less overwhelming (though still distinctive) vocal approach

Long time Patreon - been waiting for you guys to get to Electric Wizard - Welcome aboard 😂

Windhand.....Female fronted doom band. She actually sings. One of the best in the genre! Doom can be a hard listen for some...others it's very meditative due to the slow repetitiveness. Song Windhand - Winter Sun

Dude you all are starting STRONG. I'm excited for sludge/doom week and I hope some Sleep is in the mix!

Never expected to see this here lol, you guys went deep, keep it up 👍🏻

So glad you guys did this song, great honest reaction. So many more great doom bands out there. Definitely need to check out Sleep, Y.O.B, Bongripper, Acid Mammoth, Rezn..... too many bands to list, but keep up the good work fellas. 🤘

In terms of other stoner metal/rock bands, "prehistoric Dog" by Red Fang is a good one. "The Incomparable Mr. Flannery" by Clutch is also great. "Iron Swan" or "Cloak of Feathers" by The Sword if you wanted to revisit them.

Okay, "I'm the Mountain" should be next ahah

I remember watching this channel for years and thinking man I wish they’d do some stoner doom. Then I see you guys doing a marathon of it

You guys should do Locust Star by Neurosis!

Electric Wizard is my favorite band and I would have started y'all on Return Trip from Come My Fanatics. Lots more groove. If you want instrumental from them check out Mountains of Mars, I guarantee you will both love it.

Celtic Frost: A dyng God coming into human flesh

Hey guys, glad you took a listen to Funeralopolis, and that it created a REACTION! Parts of this song can legitimately be classified as noise, specifically the vocals. Its the kind of song where you have to take the vocals as just a different distorted instrument. If you ever have the itch, listen to some other Electric Wizard, much of it is less 'noisy'. Good on you for diving into the DEEP END of doom metal!

You guys have managed to impress me more than once now. I mean, you really go there instead of just walking around the perimeter.

Do Sleep (no matter what the song), they're like a clean and more refined version of Electric Wizard, I bet you'll love it.

Once you get over the "this is too much" hump, you realize how groovy and bluesy the Wizard is. Witchcult Today might be an easier approach, the self-titled is also less heavy. Or you can go to ...Come my fanatics if you want to abandon all hope. 😂

PLEASE.. don't let people trick you into trying to react to "Dopesmoker" by sleep lmfaoo it's SOOOO LONG, it's "challenging" to listen to. if ur gonna take a first dive into Sleep, go with Dragonaut.. it's wayyy your groove i promise

I realy like how you understand the appeal of it and also understand what you like or not and why, love your videos guys

LOL At the look on Ryan's face at 4:48. "The riffs! They burn!"

Doom for me is about feeling dark emotions. Someday you will be in a state of mind where this kind of music will make sense. Don't give up on doom.

Hey that's my favourite song of all time, good job guys!

Ryan after so exploring metal so much I thought you knew headbangin'. I just see you shakin' your head in desperation : ) Big respect for giving it a try, some music just doesn't work for everybody.

One thing that I would like to say here about doom metal and stuff: some people, me included, like to divide doom metal into smaller subgenres. So, except of course Black Sabbath, who gave a doom blueprint, "traditional" doom metal was born in the 80s with bands like Pentagram, Candlemass and Saint Vitus. Bands like Electric Wizard or Sleep are very often called "stoner doom": they're much heavier than those traditional bands, louder and have much more distorted sound.

Lots of respect for giving this a shot! The older I get, the more I am drawn to music that is totally uncompromising. I’m a big fan of electric wizard. I get what Ryan is saying about creativity just for the sake of it, but I don’t think that applies here. This is expressing very distilled misanthropy and nihilism. Obviously that’s not a very good way of living your life on a daily basis but those feelings exist, and for me there’s something very satisfying hearing music express those emotions in a very pure way. Also they are amazing live.

Y'all are dope for doin this

the cool thing is Ryan said this song gets him feeling the aggressive nature of the song, where as I've always loved this song but for me it was the opposite, i recognised the aggressiveness but it's always made me feel more openly emotional, the honesty in the raw emotions make me feel that way. I think it's the mark of a great song to give off multiple diverse emotions from the same piece.

"its too much" *stares at bell witch*

Funeralopolis (and "Dopethrone" in general) is definitely at the deep end of the doom/sludge/stoner corner (maybe not the deepest of the deep) and I would not be surprised if if turns people off from Electric Wizard all together. It really is one of the heaviest, most distorted and noisiest music of the apocalypse in the darkest sense (especially since it was made over 20 years ago). But that is also the beauty of it: if you are the kind of person who is looking for the extremes, looking for that fix in heaviness, distortion and repetitiveness then "Dopethrone" is, to my mind at least, of the milestones along with "...Come My Fanatics". It basically is "heavy" for the people who are into heavy music. If you are interested in more accessible Electric Wizard, "Witchcult Today" or "Black Masses" are probably better bets. They are still very heavy but the production is way less noisier and more in the "retro" type (I think at least "Witchcult Today" was recorded with authentic 70's equipment). The vocals are also a bit more approachable although they are still buried in the mix and I think they are meant to be taken more as an instrument than just singing. I would recommend the following songs: "Witchcult Today", "Dunwich" or "Satanic Rites of Drugula". They are all from "Witchcult Today" and that is actually my favourite album from the band.

I love your honesty, guys, keep on going

Wow, finally a light hearted podcast. I really enjoyed you guys

I love how Ryan looks like he's gonna cry when he isn't into something. lol

"heavy on the heavy" 😂 "I don't know what I learned here" Love your reactions. demonic sound

please give Kyuss another chance. I would love to see your reaction to ''Green Machine''

Definatley thumbs up because LIV always keep it real and do things other reactors wouldnt dare. Hit the thumbs up regardless.

Doin doom without The Obsessed or Saint Vitus is like going to church without praisin the lord

This reaction is gonna be rough...

I just wanted to say I love you guys. Thsts it! Love open minded people like you!

Missed this by seven months but holy shit, never would I ever have imagined there would be a reaction to this song. Y'all really are not playing any games. Bravo

Haha I love that reaction. I love Electric Wizard, and kinda get a kick of seeing other people being shocked and disgusted by them. The whole Dopethrone album (along with Come My Fanatics) is truly some of the rawest, heaviest stuff out there. Nihilistic, bleak, drug-fueled, wild, heavy. I don't agree with Ryan about it not being musical, though. From my experience, musicality can take many shapes and forms, and can get very extreme at times (hell, there's some weird, WEIRD stuff when you dig in to modern classical music!). You should try some Sunn O))), Earth or Boris to find bands that are really pushing the boundries of what heavy music is with their Drone stuff. Oh, and if you thought this was unsettling, musically and lyrically, you should try out their song ''We Hate You'' from the same album. Pretty dark and fucked up!

The BASS envelops you like a warm blanket. Saw them in Montreal on a few g's of shrooms and went up on the gallery, dead center, and just let myself become one with the groove. Intense and wonderous...

As a fan of Stoner/doom, even I find some bands and songs hard work. Well done for giving it a go.

Would have never guessed yall reviewed metal bands! I'm new to the channel but this band is one of my all time faves! Dopethrone is probably their best album and it's always on my mixed genres Playlist 👍🏽Vinum Sabbathi is probably my personal fave off this album, I'm just always in the mood for that beat