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Those who appreciate zaza, doja, the stickiest of the icky \u2013 by and large, they are not looking to have a bad time when they spark up. Quite the opposite. So, it stands to reason that a band which indulges in the indulgences of weed culture would lean into the fun of it all. That\u2019s the THC-fueled M.O. of Houston stoner metal trio Bong Wizard<\/a>.<\/p>\n The band is releasing Transylvanian Munchies<\/em>, its latest album, June 25 and will celebrate these latest and greatest hits from the Bong the following evening at 1810 Ojeman<\/a>. Thomas Meeks, the group\u2019s drummer, offered a glimpse of the album, the release party and everything else bubbling up with Bong Wizard.<\/p>\n \u201cBasically with this band, it\u2019s almost a parody band,\u201d Meeks said. \u201cIt\u2019s doom metal but like all of the song names and everything is kind of based on other songs. So, this whole album is kind of like a riff on black metal. And our last album was called Vulgar Display of Flower<\/em>, so that kind of gives you the idea.<\/p>\n \u201cThis one\u2019s kind of making fun of an album called Transylvanian Hunger<\/em>. We\u2019re calling it Transylvanian Munchies<\/em>. It\u2019s all silly and fun and games but then the music is just like this heavy, crushing, doomy kind of psychedelic stuff usually.\u00a0 So, it\u2019s kind of cool, man. This whole band has a really fun schtick and I think it works.\u201d<\/p>\n Meeks said guitarist\/vocalist Justin Liles started the band \u201ca really long time ago\u201d as Blunt Witch. When Liles moved to California some years back, Meeks said \u201cit was just kind of a goofy project we were working on and then he turned it into Bong while he was out there and it was still kind of like a joke.<\/p>\n