The 666 Pack Review
It’s
the March edition of The Sludgelord’s 666 Pack Review and it’s time to
clean out the chasm of demos sent to us this month. If you’re new to this, each
and every month we handpick 6 review submissions and critique them by only
using 6
words, then we rate them on a scale from 1 to 666! In
addition, this month we have included a bonus review, so be sure to check out
that review as well as our awesome rating scale below:
1 – Somehow you
were missed when we were spring cleaning.
Goodbye.
2 – Iron Maiden’s “Ides of March” is still too much for you to handle.
3 – You’re average, just like corned beef and cabbage.
4 – Just like spring, you warm our soul…
5 – You make other bands green with envy.
666 – March was named after Mars, the Roman God of war, and after listening to you, The Sludgelord want to go to battle!
2 – Iron Maiden’s “Ides of March” is still too much for you to handle.
3 – You’re average, just like corned beef and cabbage.
4 – Just like spring, you warm our soul…
5 – You make other bands green with envy.
666 – March was named after Mars, the Roman God of war, and after listening to you, The Sludgelord want to go to battle!
March
is when winter’s end is just around the corner and things start to bloom,
including a new batch of bands. The Sludgelord
will listen to several dozen bands throughout the year but only some will be of
his liking. The Sludgelord is a picky
listener…and doesn’t care what you think of his opinions….
1). Stonerror - “Stonerror” – (Krakow , Poland
Kyuss and Queens
worship…not bad…
Hook laden, stoner rock. Oui, oui!
3). Dwaal - “Demo” – (Oslo , Norway
Doom on while you exit winter.
4). Floods - “Floods” – (Brooklyn , NY
Super messy conglometion of several
genres.
5). Cacus - “Dirty
filthy godless” – (Copenhagen ,
Denmark
Unruly energized sludge ala Iron Monkey.
6). Montezuma’s Revenge - “Them” – (Moscow , Russia
Even more unruly sludge ala Eyehategod!
OroborO – “Baked Acid” By: Ben Fitts
Sometimes a title can perfectly encapsulate the essence of the work that
it monikers. “Baked Acid”, the title of the newest demo from the Amherst,
Massachusetts based
experimental/heavy noise quartet OroborO, is a perfect example of such. “Baked
Acid” is seven minutes of
fizzy guitar fuzz, stomping grooves, potently jagged production and frantic,
crazed, often shrieking vocals. The greatest strength of the lengthy track is
the presence of numerous organically executed changes of pace, mood and
dynamics. These stark contrasts exaggerate the characteristics of each new
section, causing each one to be that much more distinctive. “Baked
Acid” will swarm over your
eardrums like a hive of mutant killer wasp and trap you in a toxic fog of
sludgy riffs, grinding rhythms and top notch noise mongering.
