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Chrono.naut
Metal · 1997

Chrono.naut

Electric Wizard

A seventeen-minute descent into feedback-laden space-doom. Massive, overdriven riffs collide with psychedelic textures to create a sense of cosmic claustrophobia.

March 1997 · Man's Ruin Records

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Chrono.naut is a dense, suffocating exploration of the outer reaches of doom metal. It sounds like a transmission from a lost satellite, buried under layers of tape hiss and the hum of overworked amplifiers. The primary sensation is one of immense weight; the riffs do not merely play, they exert pressure on the listener. This is not the polished, stadium-ready metal of the era, but something far more primal and ritualistic, capturing the band at a pivotal moment where their Black Sabbath influence began to mutate into something more nihilistic and cosmic.

Moments Worth Listening For
the transition from the crushing opening riff into the swirling phase-shifted bridge
the moment the feedback sustains for nearly a minute morphing into a rhythmic pulse
the final descent into pure noise and static that feels like a radio signal fading
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Chrono.naut sound next to the rest of Electric Wizard's catalogue?

Surreal Abstract+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

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