Review by Sonny for Margarita Witch Cult - Margarita Witch Cult (2023)

MWC are a relatively recent three-piece from the home of stoner doom, Birmingham, UK. They play mega-fuzzy Sabbathian riffs and sound more than a little like Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, even down to the use of multiple layered lead vocals. Despite being derivative, they are very accomplished and have some good songs, mixing slower, groovy and doomish tracks such as Diabolical Influence or the album's best track, The Witchfinder Comes, with shorter, quicker, stuff like Death Lurks at Every Turn. Five or ten years ago I would have really lapped this shit up, but I have grown a bit inured to the charms of stoner metal over recent years, so while I can appreciate this as a very professional slab of stonerized goodness, I can't go all in on it and award it a higher score. However, if you are an Uncle Acid fanatic then I would urge you to give this a listen.