Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Yellow and Green

"I took your advice and the requisite pills, and the forbidden pies from a white windowsill." Baroness - Yellow and GreenJuly 17th, 2012Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockRelapse RecordsSavannah, Georgia, USA Having revisited the band's first two releases, Red Album and Blue Record, we come to the first album from the band that I wasn't …

Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Blue Record

"Now it's time for medication. Stallions on the eiderdown." Baroness - Blue RecordOctober 13th, 2009Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockRelapse RecordsSavannah, Georgia, USA While Red Album may ultimately be my personal favourite of Baroness' discography, I have to admit that the first time I heard Blue Record it blew me the hell away. It feels …

Discography Deep Dive: Baroness – Red Album

"Rays upon pinion, lay me down." Baroness - Red AlbumSeptember 4th, 2007Progressive Sludge Metal / Progressive RockRelapse RecordsSavannah, Georgia, USA Georgia seems to be a veritable birthing place for legendary sludge metal bands, having given purchase to such greats as Mastodon and Black Tusk, as well as Kylesa, which I covered on last month's Discography …

Album Review: Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg for Death

"Disciples of the watch will cover with deceit, pointing at some enemy indeed make-believe." Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg for DeathSeptember 8th, 2023Brutal Death MetalRelapse RecordsBaltimore, Maryland, USA It's been a long time since I've delved in and listened to a full album from Dying Fetus. To me, they were always a band where …

Album Review: Poison Ruin – H​ä​rvest

Poison Ruin - H​ä​rvestApril 14th, 2023Post Punk / Hardcore Punk / Death RockRelapse RecordsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA How is it that until now nobody had really conceived of melding the worlds of medieval-inspired dungeon synth with the rawness of 80's hardcore punk? Eh, I'm sure someone along the line has thought to put these two seemingly …

Album Review: High on Fire – Death is this Communion

"Now you realize, DEATH IS THIS COMMUNION!" High on Fire - Death is this CommunionSeptember 18th, 2007Sludge MetalRelapse RecordsOakland, California, USA And so here it is. We have come to the penultimate review in this month's edition of Discography Deep Dive and what is, in my opinion, the best gosh darned record in High on …

Album Review: High on Fire – Blessed Black Wings

"The blood I shed for you was divine, so turn you head and leave it denied." High on Fire - Blessed Black WingsFebruary 1st, 2005Sludge MetalRelapse RecordsOakland, California, USA With that we come to the third record in Oakland sludge giants High on Fire's discography, Blessed Black Wings. Released in 2005 this album is the …

Album Review: High on Fire – Surrounded by Thieves

"Come all ye losers, don't you know you're the children of life, follow me now and we'll burn down the pillars of time." High on Fire - Surrounded by ThievesMay 28th, 2002Sludge MetalRelapse RecordsOakland, California, USA Following along the pathway of this month's Discography Deep Dive, we come to High on Fire's sophomore record, Surrounded …

Album Review: 16 – Into Dust

"You can live but you can’t stay here. No food on the table, no bags for the dead." 16 - Into DustNovember 18th, 2022Sludge MetalRelapse RecordsSan Diego, California, USA San Diego sludge metal quartet 16 have been around the block for quite a while. Active since 1991 these guys have dropped numerous full length records, …

Album Review: Obituary – Dying of Everything

"The right mindset, the wrong time." Obituary - Dying of EverythingJanuary 13th, 2023Death MetalRelapse RecordsGibsonton, Florida, USA Roaring out of the gates of Hell once more are Floridian death metal legends Obituary with their eleventh full length record, the aptly but also kind of hilariously named Dying of Everything. Given my level of respect for …