Legalise Drugs & Murder

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

Legalise Drugs & Murder
EP by
Released31 March 2012[1]
GenreDoom metal, stoner metal, sludge metal
Length11:50 (7")
34:36 (Cassette)
36:06 (12")
LabelRise Above
Satyr IX Productions
Witchfinder Records
ProducerJus Oborn
Electric Wizard chronology
Black Masses
(2010)
Legalise Drugs & Murder
(2012)
Time to Die
(2014)
12" Vinyl & Cassette Cover

Background

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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

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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

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Electric Wizard

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  • Jus Oborn – guitar, bass on tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5, vocals on tracks 1–5
  • Liz Buckingham – guitar on tracks 1–5
  • Shaun Rutter – drums on "Satyr IX" & "Patterns of Evil"
  • Andrew Prestige – drums on "Legalise Drugs and Murder" & "Murder & Madness"
  • William Palmer – bass on "Legalise Drugs and Murder"

Production and Art

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  • Jus Oborn – art, layout and design

References

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  1. ^ "Legalise Drugs & Murder". Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Official Electric Wizard Webpage". witchfinder-records.tmstor.es. Retrieved May 20, 2020.