In 1997 the band recorded and released "Come My Fanatics…", which introduced the stoner and sludge elements that have come to define Electric Wizard's sound. Later that year, Man's Ruin Records released the "Chrono.Naut" EP. Following the release of "Come My Fanatics..." Electric Wizard released the "Supercoven" EP on Bad Acid Records in 1998 and then recorded and released "Dopethrone" in 2000, which was described by Allmusic as a "dirge masterpiece" and is regarded as the band's magnum opus. Kerrang! has noted that despite the "groovy" stoner rock vibes usually associated with the band, lyrics for songs like "We Hate You" were more like "an indiscriminate spray of bile against everyone" than the typical stoner rock themes of "shagging and cars".