===== Original Message From "Matt Laferty" <mlaferty@stny.rr.com> ===== I don't know how many folks'll agree, but I find a lot of monster redemption of rokk in two "Doom Metal" bands...Electric Wizard and Sleep. My pal Ben bought Electric Wizard's "Dopethrone" simply because the cover has Satan smoking a bong.

The record is all detuned sub-Sabbath riffs that are Slow. Not quite Earth 2 Slow, but Slow.

Head nodding ensues.

Electric Wizard's "Dopethrone" is on my top 10 list of all time favorite records. i really love it. some of the best metal out there. when it comes to metal-bands, i like to point out the Melvins, Boris, Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Melt-Banana & Brutal Truth as unbeatable metal acts! some of them still manage to contribute new impulses into the tired, worn-out "metal" label. take care, kevin. NP! Ween - "Flutes of Chi"