Interview: Nate Towle of Wicked Inquisition Gives Me The Time of Day

Doom metal, stoner metal, groove metal, to me it's all the same thing.

What's different is what the singer sings about. Are they singing about illicit substances? Oh then it's stoner metal.

Are they singing about demons from hell coming to drag you down?

Oh, ok that's doom metal.

What's funny to me is that the originators of Heavy Metal, and whatever you want to call this particular sub-genre, sang about both things...think about Sweet Leaf or Snowblind and then Black Sabbath or N.I.B. The Sabs definitely never chose a direction...but I suppose neither has High On Fire.

We've lost the plot. Wicked Inquisition has just released their debut album full of whatever you want to call this metal. I was floored by their album and thankfully Nate Towle was willing to talk to me about it.

Album Review: Self Titled Debut from Wicked Inquisition

Wicked Inquisition

I can remember a time when music like this no longer existed. When Doom Metal/Original Metal/Whatever was a thing of the past.

It was that stuff Sabbath did so long ago.

Over the years many different bands have some along playing that original metal, or Transitional Metal as I'm going to start calling it.

It was heavy and dark, but there was still some Jimi Hendrix and Cream in the riffing. It was still a shade on the peace and love side, at least musically.

Today, we've got a group of young men from Minnesota who're finally releasing their debut record for us: Wicked Inquisition. Like the masters of the genre, their band, debut album, and a song all have the same name.