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Eyehategod was a heavy-metal band from New Orleans that played a mixture of
stoner-rock, Melvins-ian sludge-core, acid-rock and noise-rock.
The idea was one of the most intriguing to come out of the heavy-metal
scene in a long time, and the results were often intimidating.
In the Name of Suffering (Convulsion, 1990 - Century Media, 2002)
presented
vocalist Michael Williams' deranged stream of consciousness and an unusual
abuse of feedback and noise.
Depress and Children of God would remain concert favorites.
The southern-boogie groove began to surface on
Take as Needed for Pain (Century Media, 1993)
and Dopesick (Century Media, 1996 - Century Media, 2006), that were
just a bit less truculent and a bit more melodic.
Eyehategod were soon recognized as the masters of "sludge-core", of
heavy, feedback-laden rock music.
Brian Patton also played in
Soilent Green
After a four-year period of singles, compilations and EPs
(during which Jim Bower founded Clearlight),
Eyehategod collected all their new material on
Southern Discomfort (Century Media, 2000), including
Story of the Eye, Southern Discomfort,
Serving Time in the Middle of Nowhere and the
epic-length Dopesick Jam.
Possibly because it is the least heavy and the most "southern" of the lot,
Confederacy of Ruined Lives (Century Media, 2000) fares better
than others.
Self Medication Blues is the way it should be: a dense, thick,
sticky mass of slow-grinding jamming.
Blood Money is the best in the "heavy" style.
The live 10 Years of Abuse (Century Media, 2001) provides a career
retrospective of sorts.
doom and stoner classic
Jim Bower's Clearlight debuted with the instrumental album
The Mystick Krewe (Tee Pee, 2000), mainly devoted to
keyboards-driven heavy-blues jams.
Preaching The End-Time Message (Emetic Records, 2005) collects
Eyehategod rarities.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Gabriele Sottocornola)
Gli Eyehategod
erano una band heavy-metal di New Orleans che suonava una miscela
di stoner-rock, sludge-core Melvins-iano,
acid-rock e noise-rock. L'idea era una delle più interessanti emerse dalla scena
heavy-metal da molto tempo a questa
parte, e i risultati erano spesso intimidatori.
In the Name of Suffering (Convulsion, 1990 - Century
Media, 2002) presenta lo squilibrato
flusso di coscienza del cantante Michael
Williams e un insolito abuso
di feedback e rumore.
Depress e Children of God rimangono i preferiti dei
concerti.
Il groove southern-boogie inizia a emergere in Take as
Needed for Pain (Century Media, 1993) e Dopesick
(Century Media, 1996 - Century Media, 2006), un po' meno truculenti e un po' più melodici.
Gli Eyehategod furono presto riconosciuti come i maestri dello
"sludge-core", della
musica rock pesante e carica di feedback.
Brian Patton ha suonato
anche nei Soilent Green.
Dopo un periodo
di quattro anni di singoli,
compilation ed EP (durante il quale Jim Bower ha fondato i Clearlight),
gli Eyehategod hanno raccolto tutto il loro
nuovo materiale su Southern Discomfort (Century Media, 2000), tra cui Story of the Eye, Southern Discomfort, Serving Time
in the Middle of Nowhere e l'epico Dopesick Jam.
Forse perché
è il meno
pesante e il più "southern" del lotto, Confederacy of Ruined
Lives (Century Media, 2000) se la cava meglio degli altri. Self Medication
Blues è come dovrebbe essere:
una massa
densa, spessa e appiccicosa di jamming lento. Blood Money è la migliore traccia nello stile
"heavy".
Il live 10 Years of Abuse (Century
Media, 2001) offre una sorta di retrospettiva
della carriera. Doom e
stoner classici.
I Clearlight di
Jim Bower hanno debuttato con l'album strumentale The Mystick Krewe (Tee Pee, 2000), dedicato principalmente a jam heavy-blues guidate
da tastiere.
Preaching The End-Time Message (Emetic
Records, 2005) raccoglie alcune
rarità degli Eyehategod.
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