{"id":62416,"date":"2017-02-24T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=62416"},"modified":"2017-02-24T08:35:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T14:35:08","slug":"sludge-progs-the-doom-psychedelicly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/sludge-progs-the-doom-psychedelicly\/","title":{"rendered":"Sludge Progs the Doom Psychedelicly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to a new feature (that may or may not return) where we put bands into a smelter and see what kinds of metal come out. Music goes in the fire and four little vials get filled with a pure genre extract.<\/p>\n

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The rating I associate with each sample is not a quantification of my enjoyment of it. Instead, it’s a classification of how heavily they fit into each sound (Sludge, Prog, Doom, and Psychedelic). No, the percentages are not supposed to add up to 100, each value is independently rated out of 100. It\u2019s all very scientific. Trust me.<\/p>\n

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First ore sample: Sail<\/strong> <\/a>\/ Slumbersong<\/em> from Hibernacula Records | Extracted: 3 March 2017<\/p>\n

Hailing from the southeastern tail of England, Sail is fairly new to the scene but are experienced in the ways of the sludgy riff. Most of the time I talk about sludge, it\u2019s in reference to a murky and dark tone, but Sail\u2019s version is more like sludge made out of confetti. It\u2019s fairly upbeat, gets proggy at times, and the riffs are straight out of the Baroness<\/strong> playbook. The vocals are the\u00a0high point at times, and the\u00a0low points at others, which is basically how I feel about Mastodon<\/strong>, so if you have no problem with them, you will be fine here. \u201cThe Weight of all Gold\u201d, posted below, is one of the best-executed songs in all regards. Using a riff that dances all over the fretboard and supremely catchy vocal lines, this song is a winner.<\/p>\n