GOTHIC INDONESIA PRESENTS: The 666 Pack Review

By: Nikos Mixas

Welcome to The Sludgelord’s initial installment of the 666 Pack Review!  Each and every month we handpick 6 review submissions and critique them by only using 6 words, and then we rate them on a scale from 1to 666! 


See our rating scale below: 

1 - WTF are you doing???  Go get your money back from Guitar Center!

2 - You might be tone deaf.  Or perhaps your friends are lying to you?  Keep working at it. 

3 - There’s some potential...start listening to and watching Manowar to see how the metals is done. 

4 - Not too shabby!  Upgrade your amps from Crate to Orangenow!!!

5 - I was tapping my foot and/or bobbing my head.  You’re definitely worthy enough to pack dive bars.

666! - The Sludgelord brands you with his pentagram of approval!!!  Hails!!!

Check out our first victims for the month of October.  Even if a band gets a low score, we strongly encourage you to check them out anyways because you might actually dig them!  The Sludgelord is a picky listener…

Brainscanner “Trilobita” – (Sao Paulo, Brazil)    Rating: 2

 “Music is ok, vocals are awful.” 

Band info: bandcamp

Crimson Tusk (EP) – (Oxford, UK)     Rating: 3

“Boogie with Danzig all liquored up.”

Band info: facebook || bandcamp

Se7en Miles West“Forever Decade” – (Plattsburgh, NY) Rating: 2

“This is not stoner nor doom…”

Band info: bandcamp|| facebook

Grogus - “Intuitive Readers and Metaphysical Artisans” – (Minneapolis, MN)   Rating: 5

“For fans of early Mastodon.  Sick!”

Band info: bandcamp|| facebook

Black Bone Exorcism “Crack the Bone, Break the Heart” – (Seattle, WA)    Rating: 666

“Well written, groovy sludge.  Nice job!”

Band info: facebook

Troll – (Portland, OR)     Rating: 5

“Haunting, long jams with doomy overtones.” 

Band info: bandcamp|| facebook