NEWS
2020/06/16
Though the term ‘sludge’ is synonymous with the strain nurtured in New Orleans during the ’90s, like any extreme scene worth its salt, it has long had a global reach. There has been a great deal of innovation over the years, but the core element shared by all of its acolytes is the worship of The Riff, and the bigger, slower - and the more distortion it’s drenched in - the better. Often mixed with old school hardcore, southern grooves and/or more experimental tangents, and typically displaying a preoccupation with the bleaker side of life, the result is more often than not one seriously unpleasant cocktail. A cocktail that tastes great. Here, to quench your thirst then, are the sludgiest of sludge’s best… Eyehategod – Take As Needed For Pain (1993) Asking how important New Orle...
