Bongzilla

Stash (Relapse)
by Craig Regala

Yes, a uh, concept album about the life of a bong and those whom the bent vase has affected. All to the tune of the basic post-Sabb uni-mind riff (think “Sweet Leaf” cut in half and played until some one decides the bong is lonely). The vocals are grit ugly, kinda strangled, and are aided and abetted by samples dealing with the noble herb, apparently the only thing worth living or fighting for. Hey, write what you know, know what you write. The music is orchestrially bombastic in a baked, stompy way that seems to owe much more to the Sleep/Vitus strain of riff loam than anything growing out of the more metal-as-metal or metal-as-gunk scenes.

Uh, yeah. Their toodle thru Iommi & Company’s “Under The Sun” is nice and gummy with the focus on the Black light boogie aspect of the tune. Goddamn disc sounds great, too. The leads are in the basic, bent, simple blues rock form that informed the non-sissy side of burn down psychedelic garage rock. So when you need something a bit nicer than Buzzov*en well, Bongzilla, ‘zilla bong, zilla bongzilla bong… yeah it doesn’t go anywhere besides turning in on itself – but that’s the nature of dope solipsism right? Doom on, doom on….
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