Formed in Los Angeles in 1979, Saint Vitus are an influential American doom metal band known for slow, heavy riffs, Dave Chandler's distinctive guitar work, and the vocal eras of Scott Reagers and Scott 'Wino' Weinrich. Key members mentioned in reviews include Dave Chandler (guitar), Scott Reagers (vocals), Wino Weinrich (vocals), Mark Adams (bass) and Armando Acosta (drums).

Debut album Saint Vitus released in 1984. Born Too Late (1986) is widely cited as a cornerstone of doom metal. Armando Acosta, the band's original drummer, died in 2010 (mentioned in reviews). Lillie: F-65 was released April 27, 2012 and reviewed on DeBaser.

Saint Vitus are an influential American doom metal band praised for slow, heavy riffs and a cult following. Reviews emphasize Dave Chandler's distinctive guitar work and the contrasting vocal eras of Scott Reagers and Wino Weinrich. Classic albums cited include the 1984 debut, Hallow's Victim, Born Too Late and later Lillie: F-65 (2012).

For:Fans of doom metal, vintage heavy metal and stoner/psychedelic-tinged riffs.

 It is the slow and progressive agony of a metronome that starts boldly at 150-160 bpm (the primordial tarantula-martyrizing metal of the opener "Saint Vitus"), only to end up smoked by tetrahydrocannabinol, coated in lysergic acid, reduced to swaying worse than a drunk with pants down to those hypnotic 30-50 bpm of the three concluding masterpieces (the old school dope-diarrhea-doom of "Zombie Hunger", "The Psicopath", "Burial At Sea").

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 Born Too Late. It Was Late. Too Late.

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 Dirty, wasted, stinky, hallucinated, psychedelic, heavy, weird. Saint Vitus.

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