It’s
already March. Technically speaking, the
year is already almost 25% over and as far as THE SLUDGELORD’s “666
Pack Review” is concerned, it’s been an OK year so far. So, THE SLUDGELORD has a request this
month. Can we please have some audience
participation? In the comments section,
let’s hear what some of your favorite submissions have been so far up to this
point. We’re intrigued to know if anybody reads this column and listens to the
bands that submit their music only to have their dreams of sold out stadium
shows and countless groupies to be ultimately crushed by THE SLUDGELORD. BTW, 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!
Check out our uninspired rating scale below:
1 – This is the lowest rating you can
achieve you losers.
2 – And this score is a smidge better
than landing a 1. Feel good about
yourself yet?
3 – A perfect average. Congrats…. yawn…
4 –
Four? Start high fiving yourself and
your pets.
5 – Oh…so close to a 666, but no banana
for you!
666 – You can’t go any higher with
us. You should feel great about, now go
tell all your friends and family. Maybe
they’ll care?
Caveat: Even though the “666 Pack Review” is meant to offer humorous critique, there are no
safe spaces here and your gripes will only make you sound like a
bellyacher. THE SLUDGELORD is a picky listener…and
doesn’t care what you think of his opinions….
1).
The biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk “EP (a) Alpha”
(Cardiff, UK) Rating: 2
George
Thorogood meets Weird Al Yankovic.
2).
Gorgonchrist
“Blood of Endangered Species” (United Kingdom) Rating: 5
Fans of
splattergrind will dig this.
3). Flame, Dear Flame “The Millennial Heartbeat” (Brunswick, Germany) Rating: 3
Poor man’s
version of Witch Mountain.
4).
Green Inferno “Demo” (New Jersey, U.S.A.) Rating: 1
Ripping
Sleep AND Weedeater??? Try again…
5).
MU CEPHEI
“Mantras of the Uniformed mind” (Maynooth, Ireland) Rating: 4
My
subconscious drunken state would dig.
6).
Blunt Horse
“Clawing Through Earth and Flesh” (Washington D.C., U.S.A.) Rating: 2
If Voivod
decided to dumb down.