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Dopethrone is a Doom metal act. Their sound grew out of H. P. Lovecraft, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Nirvana and Linkin Park. Those roots explain a lot about how Dopethrone arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Church of Misery, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sons of Otis, Cathedral and Converge, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Dopethrone, reaching back through H. P. Lovecraft and forward to Sons of Otis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Dopethrone is the third studio album by English band Electric Wizard, released on 25 September 2000 by Rise Above Records. Following the release and tour of their previous studio album Come My Fanatics... (1997), the group was asked by Rise Above owner Lee Dorrian to create a follow-up. Vocalist and guitarist Jus Oborn has stated that drug issues and other personal problems led to the production of Dopethrone being a "difficult process". The group entered Chuckalumba Studios in May 2000 with only three tracks written: "Dopethrone", "Funeralopolis", and "We Hate You". The album was recorded in three days. Oborn, who wrote all of the album's lyrics, spoke of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard as influences in his own writing while the group disagreed during the mixing sessions about how the overall record should sound. The music on the album has been described as both doom metal and stoner rock, with influences of British groups like Black Sabbath and Motörhead.
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Dopethrone grew out of H. P. Lovecraft, Black Sabbath, Motörhead and Nirvana, shares an orbit with Church of Misery, went on to shape Sons of Otis, Cathedral and Converge. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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