If
you’ve been paying attention, the 666 Pack Review is an abbreviated review
column mostly focused on very new bands or bands that have submitted demo
material to THE SLUDGELORD. The basic premise is that 6 bands are
critiqued using only 6 words and on a scale from 1 to 666. What you see below is the best of the year
2019 for the “666 Pack Review”. There
were 8 bands that received the highest of ratings so please go show them some
love by revisiting their music and their web pages. We at THE SLUDGELORD hope great things come to them. Congrats and hails to those bands that made
the list! May 2020 be sludgier and
heavier!
January
– There were two 666’s! (Does that make
it 1332 or 121212?)
ILS “Pain
Don’t Hurt” (Portland, U.S.A.)
This
band won the Portland trophy.
Yuxa “Yuxa” (Brighton, United Kingdom)
If
Godflesh kicked the industrial habit…
February
Seed of the Sorcerer, Womb of the Witch “Spell
Book I: Ceridwen” (Denver, U.S.A.)
Guitar
tone alone worth the 666!
April
Mireplaner “A
Mountain of Saola Hooves” (Finland)
Guaranteed
to cardiac arrest old people.
May
Inhuman Nature “Inhuman
Nature” (London, United Kingdom)
Sexy
thrash ala the Bay Area!
August
Old Horn Tooth “From
The Ghost Grey Depths” (London, U.K.)
God-doom
fucking-tastic start to the month!
September
MUNT “Towards
Extinction” (Melbourne, Australia)
Fucking
hate on the barbie mate!
October
Adliga “Kali
Paćjače Njeba” (Minsk, Belarus)
Belarus
for the win! Отлично comrades!