We Live

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We Live
We Live cover
Studio album by Electric Wizard
Released June 28, 2004
Recorded July 2003 at Chuckalumba Studios in Dorset
Genre Doom metal
Length 54:59 (CD)
76:11 (LP reissue)
Label Rise Above
The Music Cartel (U.S.)
Candlelight (U.S. reissue)
JVC Victor (Japan)
Producer Jus Oborn
Mathieus Schneeberger
Professional reviews
Electric Wizard chronology
Let Us Prey
(2002)		 We Live
(2004)		 Witchcult Today
(2007)

We Live is the fifth album by the doom metal band Electric Wizard, and the first recorded with the band's second line-up. Due to the addition of second guitarist Liz Buckingham, the songs are more complex than a lot of those previous.

Much was made of the acrimonious split between sole remaining member Jus Oborn and ex-members Mark Greening and Tim Bagshaw. Oborn has given few interviews since the original line-up split, but We Live is obviously something of a statement of intent for the band. They are named "The Electric Wizard" for the first time on the album cover, and "Electric Wizard II" in the booklet. The booklet also contains the statement: "My enemies, I fear not...but God protect me from my friends".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Eko Eko Azarak" – 10:48
    I. "Invocation"
    II. "Ritual"
  2. "We Live" – 7:46
  3. "Flower of Evil (a.k.a. Malfiore)" – 7:29
  4. "Another Perfect Day?" – 8:03
  5. "The Sun Has Turned to Black" – 6:25
  6. "Saturn's Children" – 15:08

Extra songs included on reissues:

  1. "Tutti I Colori Del Buio" (All Was the Colour of Gloom) – 16:13 (appears only on vinyl editions)
  2. "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" – 4:59 (appears as a bonus 7" on the 2006 vinyl reissue, and as an extra track on the 2006 CD reissue)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release history

Year Label Format Country Out of Print? Notes
2004 Rise Above CD U.K. Yes
2004 Rise Above LP U.K. Yes includes bonus track; limited 1000 copies on purple vinyl
2004 The Music Cartel CD U.S. Yes
2004 JVC Victor CD Japan Yes
2006 Rise Above LP+7" U.K. Yes includes 2 bonus tracks, 1 on a bonus 7";
limited 1000 copies (500 green, 500 black)
2006 Rise Above DigiCD U.K. No remastered version; includes bonus track
2008 Candlelight DigiCD U.S. No remastered version; includes bonus track
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