Tag: Sludge
Corrosion Of Conformity – IX Review
Originally written by Matt Longo In many respects, legacies mean jack shit — especially when faced with the prospect of releasing new material and touring on its strengths to pan-generational audiences. But true to form …
5Q5A – Forest of Tygers – United In Devastation
Originally written by Jordan Campbell Forest of Tygers‘ debut EP, Bruises, is a brilliant bastardization. As Captain noted back in April, it’s a smoldering, streamrolling mass of a record, as furious as it is genreless. That …
Tombs – Savage Gold Review
Put simply, 2011’s Path of Totality was an earth-flattening slab of sludgy, atmospheric, hefty blackened metal with a slight hardcore tinge. But underneath Tombs’ crazily appealing sound was a secret: they wrote real, interesting songs. …
Eyehategod – Eyehategod Review
Eyehategod has always been easier to respect than to love. That’s understandable, of course, because at their rawest, the band taps into an uncomfortably visceral place of filth and abjection. Take as Needed for Pain …
Forest Of Tygers – Bruises Review
For the most part, I am a fan of hybrids. Keep the hulkish corn and a huge portion of the other genetic hybrids away (apart from the Liger, obviously), but much of the rest of …
Floor – Oblation Review
We’re here to talk about Oblation, the new album from the newly reunited pre-Torche band Floor, but here’s an important preliminary question: Do you treat music as a mood enabler or as a mood enhancer? …
Lord Mantis – Death Mask Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Decadence and irreverence have never been in short commodity among metalheads, and I tend to think our beloved scene filters its audience at a fairly respectable pace. The hangers-on drop …
Coffinworm – IV.I.VIII Review
Originally written by Chris Redar There’s a fine line between artistic vision and indecisiveness when it comes to peppering elements of several genres across an album. It only takes a couple of missteps to make …