Eyehategod take as needed for pain cd1/24/2024 ![]() This album is mixed to sound like it was recorded in a garage. It begins with a gutpunch wail over some very rough hardcore riffage on the song “Blank”. I couldn’t have chosen a better album for the task this record is HEAVY, plodding, and seemingly endless. ![]() I decided to review it while moving compost from my driveway to the raised bed in my back yard. The band name is stüpid, and the name of the album is also kind of stüpid. Point 1: I did not expect to like this album, and I totally liked it.įor some reason I had formed the impression that this was a nü metal album. Are these guys trolling away about horrific shit because they want to get a rise out of the listener? Or are they genuine in their misanthropy? You can’t really know, can you? That’s a problem. Goodness knows that metal is up to its bullet belt in Chuck Palahniuk wannabes. Bands that dwell on these kinds of transgressive themes are doing it for the shock value, which is a tedious behavior of edgelord types. Then there are some themes that get a hard pass from me: misogyny, homophobia, sexual violence, and racism/national socialism/fascism. I can ignore a lot of this kind of stuff, because generally, the vocals are so gnarly that lyrics are impenetrable. Thematically, it results in some things I love (gritty realism, nihilism*), and some things I could take or leave (infatuation with horror-movie tropes, satanism). Musically, this results in all kinds of things that I love: odd time signatures, impossible tempos, unbearable discordance, and harsh vocals. Metal is supposed to be challenging to the ear. First, metal is a genre that is often intentionally transgressive. ![]() Number 2 is a big pitfall to being a fan of metal for a few reasons. I didn’t expect both things to happen on the same album. I would listen to an album that sounded great, but had a repugnant message. I would run across an album that I prejudged as not being worth my time, and find (to my delight) that I was wrong.Ģ. N the process of reviewing the Rolling Stone Top 100 Metal Albums, I fully expected the following two things to happen:ġ.
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