Tag: Sludge
Exterminator! – You Need The Service? Review
Aotearoa New Zealand trio Exterminator! aren’t a punk band, per se. However, the Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) band’s tar-thick sludge was born in the squalid depths of their hometown’s DIY punk scene. In the same way …
Blue Heron – Ephemeral Review
I ride a commuter train into downtown Chicago to get to my office. (Yes, I am going somewhere with this.) Several years ago – likely late 2019 or very early 2020 – there was a …
Backslider – Psychic Rot Review
At the place where Powerviolence Alley runs into Grindcore Blvd, just between Hardcore Street and Sludge Avenue, a block or three from Psychedelia Place, there’s a dingy basement rehearsal space filled with smoke and cockroaches …
Missing Pieces: The Best Of What We Missed In 2021 So Far, Volume 3
This is Part 3 of our 2021 Missing Pieces series, in which we offer praise to some great stuff we missed during the initial press cycles. Have a gander at Part 1 and Part 2 …
Big|Brave – Vital Review
[Front cover artwork / photo by Big|Brave] All glory to Iommi that metal is as chimerical and unconventional as it so very often is, because the last year+ has obviously provided enough harrowing spectacle that …
Slund – Slundanoid Review
Hey, man, is that one-man Slovenian sludge-grind? Well, turn it up… Until recently, my exposure to Slovenia’s Slund has been limited to their (his) half of a 2018 split with the ever-reliable Agathocles, whose unstoppable …
Eyehategod – A History Of Nomadic Behavior Review
I’ve spent quite a lot of time revisiting Eyehategod in the past few weeks — more than I’ve listened to them in probably a decade, I must admit, and maybe longer. As I listen to …
Black Sheep Wall – Songs For The Enamel Queen Review
[Cover art by Jeff Rogers] Various forms of the word punish show up in heavy music reviews on a regular basis. Considering it’s a style of music founded on distortion and noise that was created …