Tag: Sludge

Minsk – With Echoes In The Movement Of Stones Review

originally written by Jim Brandon Shimmer, and shine. Lengthen, and volumize. Target, and utterly destroy: these are the blueprints for the basic Neur-Isis sound that has birthed dozens of ebb and flow enthusiasts of various

Gnaw – This Face Review

God, what an awesome racket… And I use “awesome” there predominantly in the sense of “impressive” or “astounding” than in the sense of “kick-ass,” although Gnaw certainly kicked my ass, but more in the sense

Tombs – Winter Hours Review

Originally written by Michael Roberts. The Relapse debut from Tombs isn’t an easy beast to pin down. Winter Hours may be a relatively tidy thirty-seven minutes in length but feels significantly longer, such is the diversity and sheer density that it

P.H.O.B.O.S. – Anœdipal Review

Originally written by Sasha Horn I have decided that the tempo of the apocalypse will be either blazingly fast, or set to the speed of black molasses. Anoedipal is just oozing and oozing this second

Bison B.C. – Quiet Earth Review

Originally written by Kris Yancey Add Bison B.C. to a slowly-expanding list of great modern stoner-sludge metal bands. What makes the average sludge band a good sludge band is the art of the riff, an

Hollow Corp. – Cloister Of Radiance Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell While it’s a bit unfair to pigeonhole every modern-minded, French metal band that waltzes by as a Gojira clone, sometimes you have to cut through the bullshit and call it like it

Chingalera – Dose Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell There are few things more frustrating than bands that harbor cool ideas, but are outright clumsy when it comes to their execution. Chingalera‘s sweet, serpentine take on stoned-out doom has tons

Negative Reaction – Tales From The Insomniac Review

Originally written by Kris Yancey Okay, I came into this album with some expectations; some were met, and others missed well below the mark. Who told Negative Reaction vocalist Ken E. Bones that he was