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Sloath - III

 

I'll be completely honest: I don't really like stoner metal, old school doom metal, or anything that smells of Sabbath-worship. There is nothing wrong with it, and Sabbath are certainly among the OGs of all metal, but it's just not my bag, baby.

There are a few select bands that have, however, risen above the fuzz-worship to actually create something interesting. Sloath are one of those bands.

With a mere 2 LPs and 1 EP in their almost decade and a half existence, and constantly teetering on the brink of dissolving entirely, you never know if there will be a new Sloath album... ever. So I am really happy they managed to get this massive piece of weird out last year.

This is what happens if you spent a decade eating LSD and listening to SLEEP, EARTH, and TORCHE and not much else. We are talking about massive walls of crushing distortion combined with shamanic vocals, psychedelic rock trippiness, and some bizarre drum-less drone thrown in for good measure.

PLAY LOUD


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