Tag: Sludge
Year Of No Light – Nord Review
originally written by John Hearn “Official website for the French hardcore band Year of No Light” Sérieusement? I might not know much about hardcore, but I’m certain that Year of No Light don’t play it. In …
Monarch! – Dead Men Tell No Tales Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey Alright. In the interest of not wasting your time, I’ll come clean at the very beginning: Monarch! plays droning sludgy doom (Khanate, Buried at Sea, Moss, etc.), a genre I …
Blutch – Materia Review
Originally written by Tyler Wagnon. Belgium’s Blutch play an oppressively dark brand of sludgified doom with a discomforting disregard for structure or melody. Materia is the band’s first effort to be released in the US via At a Loss Recordings, …
Eyehategod – For The Sick: A Tribute To Eyehategod Review
Originally written by Ian Chainey Writing about Eyehategod has always been a difficult proposition for this reviewer because so much of what EHG does, so much of their appeal, is based on the mood they’re …
Kylesa – Time Will Fuse Its Worth Review
originally written by Jim Brandon Kylesa’s last album, To Walk A Middle Course, is sitting around here somewhere in my collection, and it still doesn’t really stimulate me very much despite having a few cool …
The Melvins – (A) Senile Animal Review
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. Not only are Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover the founding members of the Melvins, they’re also soulless wraiths that have survived for centuries by feeding on …
Totimoshi – Ladron Review
Originally written by Jason Jordan. I agreed wholeheartedly with Mooring’s assessment of Totimoshi’s ¿Mysterioso? (2001). The Crucial Blast reissue (2005) of their second full-length served as my introduction too, and though I commended the quirkiness of ¿Mysterioso?, I felt the word …
Arriver – Vanlandingham And Zone Review
Originally written by Chris Chellis. The scope of Arriver is astounding. For an unknown band that, to my knowledge anyway, is unsigned and untouched by any major to devise something as massively mythological and textured as Vanlandingham and …