SATAN'S DOZEN: 13 Unearthly Hymns Unearthed #13 (November/December 2018)

“SATAN’S DOZEN” is THE SLUDGELORD’s attempt to present the very best music the underground scene has to offer. Each and every month our member of the Russian Chapter Andrei Moose painstakingly sifts through the best new releases on bandcamp and chooses 13 of the best and bundles them together into the mightiest riff sandwich.

Whilst all the albums we have included below are top tier stuff, we have compiled them into a chart on a sliding scale of 13-1. So we hope you dig our selections from November/December 2018 and enjoy “13 Unearthly Hymns Unearthed”.    These bands need more exposure, so go “like” “share” and “follow” their pages, but most of all enjoy some of the best music the underground has to offer.  THE SLUDGELORD most sincerely approves.  Now, turn up the volume and let your speaker die.

13. Dead Seconds, “The Ground” (Brooklyn, New York) Released November 2, 2018

Garage/Stoner/Blues/Rock

12. Black Atlas, “Weight Of The World” (Bedford, UK) Released November 2, 2018

Desert/Stoner-Rock



11. Southaven, “Belcefuzz”(Caracas, Venezuela) Released August 29, 2018

Stoner-Doom/Sludge

10. Bronco, “Mucho Evil” (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) Released November 16, 2018

Stoner-rock

9. White Dwarf, “Through The Haze” (Denver, Colorado) Released April 30, 2018

Psychedelic/Stoner/Doom

8. Center of the Earth, “Tolkion” (Tikøb, Denmark) Released November 29, 2018

Psychedelic/Stoner/Doom/Metal

7. Space Coke, “L'appel du Vide” (Columbia, South Carolina) Released December 7, 2018

Heavyspych/Stoner-Rock

6. Saturn3, “Blue Magic Spell” (Belgrave, Australia) Released October 2, 2018

Psychedelic/Stoner/Rock

5. Love Your Witch, “Love Your Witch” (Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel) Released September 19, 2018

Stoner-Rock / Stoner-Metal

4. EARTHBONG, 

Stoner-Doom



3. U-FOES, “Whiteout”(Oslo, Norway) Released November 2, 2018

Hardcore/Sludgecore/Noise



2. Carcaño, “Carcaño”(Reggio Calabria, Italy) Released November 15, 2018

Psychedelic/Stoner/Rock



1. IRK, “Recipes from the Bible” (Leeds, UK) Released December 7, 2018

Mathcore/Noise-Rock

Band info: Irk || Carcaforte || Ufoes || Love Your Witch || Earthbong || Saturn3|| Space Coke || Center of the Earth || White Dwarf || Bronco || Southaven || Black Atlas || Dead Seconds

6 NEW BANDS: THE SLUDGELORD's "666 PACK REVIEW" (October 2018)

By: Nikos Mixas

 

It’s the October edition of THE SLUDGELORD’s “666 PACK REVIEW”!  There were a lot of great albums that came out this month by such SLUDGERLORD favorites as High on Fire, Windhandand Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats.  If those bands currently have your turntable preoccupied and you need a break for some great DIY auditions for THE SLUDGELORD, you’re in the right place!  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 negative Nancyrating scale below: 

1 – We include your band and in this popular monthly column and this is all you got???  Try again.

2– This isn’t the worst thing we’ve heard this month…it’s the 2^ndworse.      

3– I like your band right now, but I’ll forget about you guys by tomorrow. 

4 – I would rate the new High on Fire a four, so the fact that you’re here isn’t too shabby.       

5– And this would be my rating for the new Uncle Acid and Windhand albums.  Rejoice with your bandmates tonight and drink some gruel!  

666– THE SLUDGELORD joins forces with The Great Pumpkin and agrees that this band deserves a 666rating!!! 

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 SLUDGELORDis a picky listener…and doesn’t care what you think of his opinions….

1). U-FOES“WHITEOUT”(Oslo, Norway)   Rating: 4

Icy and harsh, just like Norway.

2). LMDA “Darkest Days And Rituals” (Strasbourg, France)   Rating: 666!

Powerviolence, soundtrack to destroy things to.

3). MaxXout“The Big Push” (Pittsburgh, U.S.A.)   Rating: 2

If 80’s hard rock met Clutch.

4). Neon Burton “Neontology” (Cologne, Germany)   Rating: 3

See above but with Fu Manchu.

5). Electric Funeral “Death, Cult and Serpent” (Kuala Lumpur, Malayia)   Rating: 2

Mix is awful, vocalist is dying.

6). The Bateleurs“Immanent Fire” (Lisbon, Portugal)   Rating: 5

The Black Crowes with Frank Zappa??? 

Band info: U-FOES || LMDA|| MaxXout || Neon Burton || Electric Funeral || The Bateleurs