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Fans of whiskey soaked stoner-sludge, rejoice! The highly anticipated sophomore album from WEEDEATER , "Sixteen Tons" is an intensely trance inducing blast of droning sludgemetal rebel rock from these North Carolina hellraisers. A barrage of stoned-out tarpit blues riffs and damaged vocals that sound like a cougar caught in a beartrap,this is total molasses metal that manages to transcend the genre and reaches ambience, in it's own twisted and fuzzed out way. Featuring Dave "Dixie" Collins from the infamous BUZZOVEN, WEEDEATER is a new breed of monolithic fucked-up rawk ...Daniel Hodgson at CustomHeavy.com was right on the money when he asked "...did someone replace Dixie Dave's worn out copy of (Lynyrd Skynyrds) Nuthin' Fancy and replace it with CATHEDRAL's Forest Of Equilibrium ?" . Produced by Billy Anderson (SLEEP, MELVINS, ORANGE GOBLIN, CATHEDRAL). A colossus of blasted blues, crushing beyond belief ! PLANETFUZZ.com says: "To me, this Weedeater disc was my most anticipated release of 2002 so far, 2nd only to Electric Wizard's "Let Us Prey" disc, but holy shit, this disc is a behemoth. Secondly, be prepared to get your ass kicked every which way possible. Right from the intro riff of "Bull" I knew that this disc would be glued to my stereo for months. Ultimately heavy just as Weedeater are, the songs haven't changed much from "And Justice for Y'all", but the sludge is that fiercer, and the grooves heavier than you could even imagine. Yes, the trademark Billy Anderson sound is evident here, especially on the swooshing, blood-gurgling vocals of Dixie Dave, and on the chest cavity guitar and bass frequencies. Lots cool answering machine and b-movie samples scattered amid rumbling bass and feedback give it that real creepy Buzzov-en feel throughout the whole disc. The punishment continues with "Potbelly", "Time Served", the NASCAR inspired "#3", "Buzz" and the frighteningly slow motion "Riff"; and it doesn't quit until "Kira May" (think of Stonerwitch era Melvin's "Shevil" and you'll get some idea), a wicked little bass-only track that brings this disc to a close. Even without the wall of fuzz, they're still unbelievably heavy. Check out "Woe's me", and Johnny Cash will even agree, Dixie Dave is the new Man in Black. As if the music wasn't enough, poster artist Arik Roper (Core, Nebula, etc) did some killer work on this son of a bitch. Southern salvation is here brothers and sisters, bow down to the mighty Weedeater." Check out the artist's website: http://www.crucialblast.net Track List: 1. Bull 2. Potbelly 3. Time Served 4. Dummy 5. #3 6. Woe's Me 7. Buzz 8. Lines 9. Riff 10. Kira May Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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