The fatalistic beauty seems more urgent. Dax’s vocals and guitar (both often distorted) and Tessie Brunet’s feral drumming and lovely harmony vocals are here.
Before black depression poet extraordinaire Dax Riggs sobbed so eloquently for Agents of Oblivion or Dead Boy and the Elephantmen, he screamed for Acid Bath.
While many fans of Acid Bath may arch an eyebrow at Agents of Oblivion’s sauntering dirge rock, anyone drawn like moths to a flame to “Dead Girl” will get it.
Blending sludge and swamp grooves with death and noise, Acid Bath usually stay within the boundaries of melodic, ploddingly heavy, almost spiritual ugly rock.
From the swamps of NOLA, with their pulsating bass and voice of eternal doom. Dax Riggs’ voice is kind of like a melodic trill over a deep and angry growl.