The Canadian Stoner Sludgesters are back at it and crank things up with a rumble that will run you over. The snarl of the vocals is meaner than I remember. This album might be called "Broke Sabbath", but they owe just as much to Motorhead here as Sabbath. Things are fuzzed out in a much denser fashion. The vocals run through a distorted filter to add extra malice to their delivery. I am reluctant to think of these guys as a stoner band regardless of their name, as there is not much of a THC-laced mellowness to what they are doing and they are more malevolent in their attack.
'ABAC" stomps heavily upon the ears, the fuzzed-out buzz of the guitars is more of a frequency than a riff crafted to express something sonically greater. Better than filler, but not on the level of the first two songs. The following song is unfurled similarly, with the vocals holding a little more purpose, at times reminding me of the band Today is the Today. Dynamically things have begun to only throb off the rumble. Some of the rumbling tones wallo in misery more than others. None are hopeful, which works for me. At other points, it sounds like the song is deconstructing itself before building more momentum.
"Rock Block" sounds like blackened Motorhead, down to the punk rock drum beat. It does slow back into their sludged-out rumble which I expect must be insanely loud live. It would be a crime for it not to be. There are more rock n roll tropes littered in the song. "Unworse" has a sample with a great message that opens it. The song then crashes to life. It punches the riffs in place with authority. This is a more pleasing sound to me ears due to the syncopation. The last song closes things with a convincing crunch, as they move back to the monolithic lumber. I will give this album an 8.5, as they have summoned a very solid sound that works for what they do, I prefer things more dynamic, but for what they are they are killing it with more malice than most.
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