EyeHateGod - In The Name Of Suffering

"Vietnam!" This is most likely one of the best albums ever recorded. By far one of the definitive albums of the sludge metal genre; Eyehategod take Black Sabbath type stoner riffs to the ultimate extreme by slowing them down, carelessly(fully?) fucking them up, and fusing them with Black Flag / Discharge hardcore-punk attitude and one-note solos. Id est, totally hideous, fucked up, disgusting, and beautiful simultaneously. This is without debate Eyehategod's most raw album, and therefore in my opinion their best. Only the "Southern Discomfort" demos can rival the disgusting sickness of this album, and even then it's a different beast: not as raw, not as viral. Early Eyehategod is essential. The negative aspect of human existence encapsulated within music. "The only thing that makes reality is death. And then they hang it on a cross and kneel down and pray to it."