SWAMP METAL.

Absolute classic album here, folks.

This is the sound of pain & suffering - for me it is an elixir that quenches "the ugly of the beast within". This record has BEEN THERE for me on so many occasions, and probably for you too, if you're a regular reader / leecher of the L-R V.

There's been alot of Sludge Bands over the years, and they all take a little bit from this record right here. Whether it be the look, or the sound, these filthy NOLA boys got it right before anyone else - because IT was REAL. Times have changed & so have their lifestyles a bit - that's a good thing. Dive into the abuse...

Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain

With a new year upon us, it's time for a new format around here.
This is not how I want it, but something has to be done if this blog is to survive.
Online file hosts are being pressured into locking down links as quick as they go up, so until further notice, the titles of my posts will no longer mention the name of the band. Hopefully this will help a bit.
Also, there will be no mention of where the link is - just check the comments.
If anyone has a better suggestion than this, let me know.

I want to shut this down every day, but not as much as I want to keep it up & running…

LICKGOLDENSKY.

Chaotic hardcore fuckery.
A ton of melody floating in a cesspool of electronic catharsis.
Fat hooks, jarring rhythms, abrasive vocal caterwaul.
The heaviness of the load - the load being something like a giant piece of shit-flavored cake drizzled with a Robitussin-and-Adderall frosting / glaze-type of icky goodness.

Just put it in your ear / mouth already, willya?

LickGoldenSky - LickGoldenSky

Link in comments.

FLIPPER.

One of San Francisco's greatest musical entities WITHOUT A DOUBT.

Many have tried to conjure the raucous aural ugliness that is Flipper, but there can be only one king, duh!

Here's a wonderful set w/ great sound from a time when they were at their most ferocious; the din they create is sheer beauty, the banter is caustic, and did I mention they were tight as fuck on this night? Yeah...



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Flipper - 06.28.1981 The Keystone, Berkeley, CA (KALX Benefit)

(Because I am not a dick I will share with y'alls what I consider to possibly be my favorite Flipper recording.
Leave a comment will ya?
The dialogue around here has dwindled down to nearly nothing lately. Fuckin' leeches man, I tell ya)...

BRAINOIL.

You ever been to Oakland, CA???

The East Bay ain't no joke, and Brainoil is the soundtrack to your apprehension....

The region has always bred (punk/HC/metal) bands that stand out above the rest, and while I tend to shy away from posting much sludge around here due to legions of overly-mediocre bands that have saturated the genre -(look around, bro)- Brainoil has always hulked above the rest.

No question about it.



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Brainoil - Brainoil

MANGE.

A side project of various members of such heavyweight acts as Phobia & Dystopia, Mange somehow create dark& sludgy grindcore - is it possible to be heavy whilst also blasting-the-fuck-out?

Indeed it is, and these guys are proof!

While I'm at it, I have to mention the harmonic-ness that is this post alongside my good friend Batguano over at Fugitive Equilibrium.
The man always has stellar taste, and if you dig this Mange stuff make sure you visit FE to grab the also-bad-assness that is the Mange - "Junkie" Demo.



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Mange - Disillusioned




Now playing: Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
via FoxyTunes

NOOTHGRUSH.

A staple back in the Nineties as far as Bay Area doomy sludgecore went, I'm thinkin' people appreciate them now more than they did back in the day.
I saw them play quite a few times over the years at some seriously fucked up house parties / warehouses, etc. and I just have to say that I MISS THEM.
(And the way the Mission music scene used to be in general).

Here's a kick-ass radio set, enjoy.



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Noothgrush - KZSU / Palo Alto CA 05.01.1996




Now playing: Acrid - Mindspasms

IRON LUNG.

Alright, everybody's been asking for it, and it took a bit of sleuthing around the webernet to find it, but I did and here it is.
The latest output from this two-man terror unit that keeps pushing the boundaries of powerviolence to new extremes without being "ironic" like so many of the "scene-grind" powerviolence bands are. Fuck the hipster art-fag bullshit!

These guys are THE REAL DEAL, they've been around for awhile, and they must be doing it right if Nick Blinko does cover art for them, comprende?




Iron Lung - Sexless / No Sex




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Now playing: Black Kronstadt - Paranoid Delusions

WETNURSE.

Crazed NYC juggernaut of tech/sludge/metal/core (or something like that).
Hope they get their shit together and make a new record; this one cooks!

UPDATE 11.09.2008: They did make a new record, and it sucks. Damn.



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Wetnurse - Wetnurse

* Re-Upped 11.09.2008*



Now playing:
Dr. Dooom - Neighbors Next Door
via FoxyTunes

SHALLOW NORTH DAKOTA.

Canadian cough syrupped-out heavy sludge(core).
Really fucking cool guys who have been around for years.
One of the best band names - evar!
One dude is also in that bad-ass HC band, Cursed.
Not sure if these guys will ever record again, but SND never seems to completlely die - which is a good thing.

LINKS -
Official Website.
DoucheSpace.

D/L Shallow North Dakota - Mob Wheel right here.

IRON MONKEY.

These guys all went on to "bigger groups", but I certainly miss the caterwaul they collectively created back in the day.
Quite possibly Britain's answer to Eyehategod.
I sure miss this band...

LINKS -
DoucheSpace.

D/L Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey right here.

LINK REMOVED 05.11.2012 - NEARLY FIVE FUCKING YEARS LATER - BY A BUNCH OF $$$-HUNGRY FUCKS & THEIR MUSIC-INDUSTRY GOONS. SUCK IT!

NOOTHGRUSH.

Whenever I listen to Noothgrush I start feel happy and content.
That may sound crazy to you, but it's true. Maybe the "painful plod of sound" they create cancels out any bad feeling or sadness inside me, fuck if I know. All I know is that these guys don't get enough credit for what they did for the doom / sludge genre(s). I hate the term "slowcore" - these folks were much more than that...



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Noothgrush - Failing Early, Failing Often

*Re-Upped 08.19.08*