The Album "The Stark Artic by Maegashira" is the sound of a band hell bent on destroying any Doom Metal posers out there.This one hell of a aggressive Doom meets Sludge recording.Like taking Eyehategod,Sleep and Electric Wizard putting them in a blender !"Ongoing Corneal Erosion" and "Caribou Crossing" set the album off in bruising fashion but with some psychedelic guitar solos combined with JJ Koczan's violent outburst's of aggression. "Ammonia for Sweat." is more of a plodding Doom track but no less as dirty,great track and one of my favorites.“Baggage Claim/Skin Slip” make up the middle part of the sludge fest,two tracks in one that seems to blend together so well it seems like one real long tune or detune should i say.They have moments of tranquility before punishing the eardrums once again with some great southern rock sounding type of sludge rock.
Once again the solo's are great but brief."Hi from Jersey" is a shorter dose of booze filled complete with a message to for all the trendy hypocrites everywhere or at least thats the message i get.These guys seemed pissed off most of the time and it just makes the album even more monumental.The final track is the epic "Back to Muro" which extends out past the 20 minute mark.Like some sort of bad acid experience the song engages the listener in some psychedelic Doom with some of the best riffs to be found on the album.Not a easy listen because of the length but you will be exhusted by the time you get through this one.I guess this album could be describe as Doom Rock N Roll for the most part but it also has the aggression and anger of some more hardcore acts.The bleak album cover kind of describes the music in a way,cold and unfriendly but all so cool to experince.The album is sprawling in parts and covers a lot of ground in the 60 minutes it plays for but this has to be one of the albums of the year.9/10
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