BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO SUICIDE BY ORANGE GOBLIN

THE BRITISH STONER/DOOM scene owes a debt of gratitude to Orange Goblin. Black Sabbath may have set the tone for doom-soaked riffing in the early 70s, but the UK had fallen behind its Atlantic cousins in the decades since, with bands like Witchfinder General, Acrimony and even Cathedral existing as sole pillars adrift in a musical sea. But by the mid-90s the tides were changing. The Peaceville Three (Paradise Lost, Anathema and My Dying Bride) established a beachhead for new British grimness, while independent label Rise Above records blew the doors wide open. Founded by Cathedral mainman Lee Dorrian in 1988, the label served as a rallying point for the UK’s underground stoner and doom talent, with Orange Goblin and Electric Wizard, formed in 1995 and 1993, leading the charge.

But in 2006, a decade and five albums in, Orange Goblin wanted That year they amicably parted ways with Rise Above,