Jimmy Bower and Brian Patton are in fine form as they pass leaden blues riffs back and forth, teasing out grooves and smashing into teeth-out blasts of intensity when the mood strikes. For a few nerve-wracking moments, you’re left wondering whether Eyehategod have burrowed way back down to their punk roots and abandoned the heavy altogether, but halfway through the song those dirty Delta blues riffs force their way back in, and from then on, it’s business as usual.Įyehategod resembles the band's most classic work through and through, from the abject aural misery on “Robitussin and Rejection” to the feedback-heavy “Flags and Cities Bound”, the latter of which sees Williams dip into one of his wild-eyed spoken word rants. Eyehategod has always written fast songs, but they’ve never opened an album like this before typically, they've preferred to catch their listeners off-guard with a mid-album burst like Dopesick's “Methamphetamine”, or kick things off with a bait-and-switch a la “Blank” on Take As Needed For Pain. “Agitation! Propaganda!” is a full-bore rager that sounds more like Williams’ hardcore punk side project Arson Anthem than anything else. The smoke's since cleared, and the resulting eleven-song testament is well worth the wait.
Anselmo’s Housecore label signed on to the release resulting album, which marks the now-quartet’s first full-length studio recording since 2000’s Confederacy of Ruined Lives. The release of Eyehategod has been a long time coming: the band took their sweet time dithering over album titles and labels, and the recording process was waylaid by fitful stops and starts, as it began at legendary Dopesick producer Billy Anderson’s studio, paused, and was resumed at Anselmo’s home studio alongside Down producer Steve Berrigan. It’s a fitting epitaph for such a larger-than-life talent, and an excellent sign for the future. LaCaze’s signature drumming style married swaggering looseness with a powerful physicality, and his presence is felt all over the band’s new self-titled album.
They’ve been battered by hurricane winds, crippling addiction, jail time, depression, and ultimately, death they've welcomed new drummer Aaron Hill into the fold following the untimely passing of original sticksman Joey LaCaze in 2013.
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In the many years since they started the band and released 1989’s Garden Dwarf Woman Driver demo, Eyehategod’s core members have collectively survived the worst luck imaginable.
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