Part early Soundgarden howls, Monster Magnet psychedelic drone, and Clutch jam, but perhaps I’m just searching for something other than Sabbath to reference.
Smack was a Finnish band who never really reached mainstream ears, but G’N’R, Nirvana, D.A.D., and Mudhoney. At least that’s what the CD’s liner notes say.
Dark, moody passages amidst the roaring repetitions and stomping guitars, Disembody shows Skinlab to be intelligent songwriters as well as sonic destroyers.
As you light up another smoke, you hear NIN very faintly in the background and realize just how much it fuckin’ annoys you. This is the sound of Hellbent.
And Buddy Holly crossed the ocean and begat the Beatles who crossed the ocean and begat every band on the Nuggets compilation who crossed the ocean and…