Electric Wizard set to release their first new album since 2017 this year

Electric Wizard is set to release their first new studio album since 2017’s “Wizard Bloody Wizard” later this year.

While many details about the release remain unknown, Electric Wizard guitarist and vocalist Jus Oborn confirmed the album’s existence in a recent interview with It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine. This new record follows the band’s 2024 live album “Black Magic Rituals & Perversions Vol. 1”, which was released in December.

“Well, we actually have a new album coming next year. Yes, this live LP was just an ‘offering,’ a ‘gift’ (maybe even a contractual obligation, haha) to you while you patiently await our new recordings,” Oborn explained. “I can’t see us doing more than one LP ever again, so we are making sure it’s bloody good. And bloody heavy.“

When discussing his recent listening habits, Oborn revealed he’s been heavily into the heavier side of krautrock, though fans shouldn’t necessarily expect a krautrock-influenced Electric Wizard record.

“Fuck, since the pandemic I went crazy rediscovering and digging new shit. These days, a lot of krautrock. I love Jeronimo, Birth Control, Asterix, Silberbart, Wind, Scorpions, etc.—well, mainly the heavy guitar stuff. I don’t really like the spacey hippy stuff, haha, except Amon Düül II. They are fucking evil and weird. My tastes never run far from ’70s heavy metal, really, haha, with some black metal or ELP every now and again.”