only three tracks were written: "Dopethrone", "Funeralopolis", and "We Hate You". Bagshaw said that he wrote "quite a lot of the album", including writing "Vinum Sabbathi" in "about two minutes", along with "I, The Witchfinder", "Golgotha", and "We Hate You". The album's centrepiece, titled "Weird Tales", was created entirely within the studio. On discussing the track's multiple parts, Oborn admitted later declared it "kind of stupid, like prog-rock or some shit." Greening's contribution was hearing what Bagshaw and Oborn had come up with and drumming to it. The album was recorded at Chuckalumba Studios between May and June 2000. Prior to recording each song, Oborn indulged in both cannabis and cocaine; Bagshaw said that the group consumed "copious amounts of weed and booze". Bagshaw and Greening described the recording sessions as mostly about "getting really stoned" and "quite good fun", respectively. Oborn recalled that the initial recording sessions were about three or four days, with the mixing taking much longer as there were arguments amongst the group members. Oborn argued with producer Rolf Startin about how the album should sound. Two longer tracks, "Weird Tales" and "Dopethrone", were completed in their first and second takes, respectively. Oborn said that "back then we didn't have a way to cut it up and just redo one part." The track "Mind Transferal" was recorded during this session but only released later as a bonus track for Japanese releases of the album. Music Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune said that unlike American stoner rock that drew from punk music, grunge, and heavy metal, the music on Dopethrone was more akin to early 1970s Black Sabbath and the music of Motörhead. Jim DeRogatis of The Chicago Sun noted that the style was primarily known as stoner rock in the United States and "Doom" in the United Kingdom. Greening spoke in 2007 about the Electric Wizard albums he had worked on, saying that "I wanted something with louder drums. I always regret all the Electric Wizard releases, because the drums don't sound loud enough", and that Dopethrone did "not represent the sound I was trying to give off, as with all Electric Wizard releases." Oborn said that the other members of the group wanted to introduce elements of hip hop music and the sound of Nirvana. Oborn later recalled that Bagshaw had been "into some weird shit; he'd listen to Linkin Park and shit like