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The Obelisk: In Conversation With Eyehategod’s Jimmy Bower; Entire Roadburn Show on Youtube

Posted on Friday, June 4th, 2010

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Eyehategod‘s Jimmy Bower about recording a new album, touring, roadburn and more. A few excerpts from the chat follow below:

The Obelisk: How was Roadburn for you guys?

JB: Amazing. Amazing. We played the same day Goatsnake headlined, and we’re walking around, and as a band we met Tom G. Warrior from Celtic Frost, and took a picture with him. He was like, “Dude, I respect you guys’ music,” and we were like, “What? Dude, you’re the man!” That was really cool. Got to see a lot of good friends. Missed a lot of friends because of the volcano, but also got the opportunity to come back and play the Afterburner thing, which we played over two hours. Was really cool. I guess if you’re a fan of any band and they play for over two hours, what a good night.

The Obelisk: That was a hell of a set at the Afterburner.

JB: It was just fun. Walter was like, “Thank you, have a good time. What do y’all need? Just go up there. How long are you gonna play?” And we were like, “Dude, we’ll play as long as you want us to play,” and he was like, “Cool.” It was a really relaxed environment. I remember Gary broke a bass string and they did Fuckmouth (laughs). Fuckmouth don’t show up much. Very underground. I barely even know about it (laughs). But no, that was probably the highlight show of the tour. That and London. London was amazing. All the shows were amazing, but those two stick out.

The Obelisk: Do you guys have anything planned for recording?

JB: We want to be done with the record by September. Try and have it recorded and everything. We’ve been slopping some ideas around. We’re thinking about doing a double record thing, where one record’s an Eyehategod like you would expect and the next record would be more experimental-type stuff that we’ve always wanted to do. Just trying to get all that together within time. You have to set a deadline for yourself or you’ll never get anything done – that’s what we find.

We’re saying by the end of September this thing should be recorded and everything. I think putting that deadline and doing this these shows together and everything has brought us all back together as a group, which is important to me, being able to write around the band, talk about ideas, listen to music together. It gets everybody on the same page. Like you said, it has been 10 years. Obviously, we’re better musicians now, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we have to write math rock. We know what works in this band, and that’s what we’ve been trying to write, stuff like that. It’s been more of a challenge than we thought it would be.

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Exclaim Conversations: Buzzov*en

Posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Chris Ayers of  Exclaim recently conducted an interview with Kirk Fisher about Sludge Legends Buzzov*en. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Exlaim: Why was Violence from the Vault never released until now? Fisher: Just never really tried to do anything with it and had honestly lost track of ...read more

Album of the day: Harvey Milk – S/T

Posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from StonerRock.com: I’ve gone over my history with Harvey Milk in greater detail before, but for context’s sake, the condensed version is thus: Once upon a time, I was a no-nothing mainstream metalhead who had grown tired of the crap I listened to. Then I discovered Harvey Milk ...read more

Album of the day: Buzzov-en – Violence From The Vault

Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010

Praise for Buzzov-en’s Violence from the Vault from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records:  Not sure why we never reviewed anything by these pot fueled purveyors of crusty sludge, could be that all of their records predated the list, but we have shown much love to post Buzzov-en stoner sludge combo Weedeater, ...read more

Weedeater To Enter Studio This Month

Posted on Thursday, January 7th, 2010

North Carolina’s sludge pillagers Weedeater will enter Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, Illinois later this month with producer Steve Albini  to begin recording their fourth album for a late 2010 release. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include ‘The Claw Of The Sloth’ and ‘The Darkening.’ Continue Reading BLABBERMOUTH.NET ...read more

Album of the day: Cable – The Failed Convict

Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Lovingly pichced from Lambgoat:  Although there has been some life in the Cable camp over the last few years — the release of the retrospective Last Call, brief spurts of live shows, and the re-release of their first full-length — the Connecticut group still appeared to be relatively dormant for ...read more

Album of the day: Zoroaster – Voice of Saturn

Posted on Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com: The last time fans of all things heavy heard from Zoroaster was on the widely acclaimed Dog Magic, which showcased the Southern-friend sludge trio’s oppressive density, their occasional forays into the realm of experimentation, and an ability to lock into a nasty groove for prolonged periods ...read more

Album of the day: Black Cobra – Chronomega

Posted on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Blistering.com: San Francisco outfit Black Cobra has spent the better part of this decade awing crowds with its patented brand of sludgy punk. After releasing a couple albums via At A Loss Recordings, Black Cobra makes its Southern Lord debut with Chronomega. Consisting of guitarist / vocalist ...read more

Philip Anselmo, Eyehategod members featured in Slow Southern Steel documentary

Posted on Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Members of Down and Eyehategod are among the musicians who featured in Slow Southern Steel, an upcoming documentary focusing on southern metal bands. A two-minute trailer for the film, which is being helmed by Karim Khan of I’m Better Than Everyone Records and C.T. of Rwake, can be viewed below. ...read more

Album of the day: Kongh – Shadows Of The Shapeless

Posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Sonic Dice: The Swedish sludge/doom trio, Kongh, are a conglomeration of individual musical passions which range from the laid-back cool of the blues to the full-bore visage-mashing hostility of grindcore. There must have been some serious in-house fighting that preceded their compromise that they “wanted to play ...read more