I uh,...I know for north amaricans that election time is near and it makes me want to die.So enjoy Hellnight tonight and shut off your televisions tomorrow.Or, simply reach for other means of escape to avoid the political filth that is known as midterm elelections.

Hank VonDoom - Egomania

More than a few years ago, Turbonegro released an album that had a different vocalist onboard.

Forgive me for not being too impressed. The band rocked, but missing Hank VonDoom,was as difficult as when the Accused made and album without Blain Fart on vocals, it simply killed the band. Bad idea, bad, bad, bad.

Story over.

So I was very doubtful upon seeing Hanks new solo album Egomania. But in my eyes (ears)

this sounds like Turbonegro more than Turbonegro does...excuse the redundancy.

Check out the long video here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08lxCVQMxxA

it rocks!

Nuff said!

helms creeper track makes the botulist from a chuckle...

Well as of recent, the band Helm wandered into my short attention span.

The track called Creeper, has a very funny recording of a fella who takes a potent weed hit and if you've smoked good weed, you know why he sounds the way he does. I start to snicker.

HOWEVER,the track the recording introduces is what I call a  head crushing sludge dirge.

Following in the mold that Dopethrone, Buzzoven, and Bongzilla cast back in the day, you'll find that Helm delivers their own sludge sound without restraint. This brings me to their earlier release, a bit more of a controlled sound that incorporates a stereotypically "stoner rock", feel to it but with a punch to boot.. buy on bandcamp, 

find your own !@#$%I! way! you don't need a link!

love and affection,

Floyd.

Owain - Acrid

Owain is easily my one of my favorite albums of last year.Why? Well for its purity. A discerning listener could label this as stoner sludge...similar to Blind Dog, or Zoroaster. Anyway you slice this release, it is pure sludge.Easy and pleasing to the fans of sludge in its own right 
                                           check um on bandcamp! highly recommended!

Hashteroid self titled release

                                                                           
You may think me a jest when I use these, euphemistic, comparisons to other bands, and i mean no offense to any band,so,what the hell...This new 2018 self titled Hashteroid LP has a split sound,I hear modern Melvins riffage mixed with a bit of Hellacopters energy.Their last release titled,'Respect The Depths",was a big success with fans I ran into upon discovering this latter release.
The new self titled LP is a major injection of adrenalin and boogie, with inventive riffs, & guitar licks, producing strength in writing,thus allowing the listener a full appreciation of every track, for it's individuality.

I Am The Liquor - Days Of Smoke

This rifferian , heavy slab of wax came out sometime in 2017.I Am The Liquor deliver a duo-phonic grindstone of guitar as a sturdy backbone to each track in a mildy influenced, sabbathesque slang.

Every track is mustered right down to the marrow- heavy.The vocalist has a decent clear tone & aware sound, adding to the already righteous tracks..An excellent well- rounded album. Check em' out on bandcamp!(it rocketh )

                      

Wolfking - Loyal To The Soil

OH BOY!!
Here lies a killer band that will completely ruin your neighbors day. They have the chops to 
make you want to crosscheck joggers on the most popular jogging path in the city!!
Wolfking incorporate elements of bands like Converge, and,Cursed. Toss in guitar structures 
that get choppy timing changes, and you will find a unique ,bitter addition to your collection of seething contempt.(your collection).   ahem.

RECOMMENDED.