Seminal British stoner doom act Electric Wizard, hot on the tail of announcing their newest album in three years Time To Die (to be released September 30th by the band's own Spinefarm Records), have debuted a single from the album entitled 'I Am Nothing'. Electric Wizard received mixed praise and flak for taking their music in a more psych-rock-like direction with their last two albums, but if 'Time To Die' is any indication of the Wiz' upcoming work, those disappointed by Witchcult Today and Black Masses can forget the records ever happened.
'I Am Nothing' hearkens to the band's early 2000s pure doom approach - the hazy, stoned atmosphere of Dopethrone eschewed in favor of Jus Osborn's eerie, soaring clean vocals and stentorian doom riffs that seem to send out shockwaves whenever they hit. Hints of psychedelic start to seep into the music near the end of the song, but for the most part 'I Am Nothing' plays like a We Live-era Wiz song.
Fans of the band often point to the 2000s as the time when Electric Wizard lost the magic touch they had in the 90s with their self-titled and the mind-frying Come My Fanatics... (and Dopethrone, of course). But for as much as 'I Am Nothing' echoes that period, it equally lapses into the almost drone-like sections and squealing solos of the band's early work.
You can stream 'I Am Nothing' below:
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