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You know, looking at your high scores... I need to give this more attention, especially since you mentioned Neurosis. I listened to this album once and it seemed to do nothing at all for me.

To be honest... sludge is a style that seems to be hit-or-miss with me. I absolutely love Battle of Mice (anyone remotely fan of the style needs to hear this band) but other than that, I'm not much into the whole "new" sludge wave (spearheaded by the likes of Isis, Pelican and Cult of Luna)... I tend to prefer the older, "classic" sludge bands like Neurosis and Crowbar... but please, leave out the disaster that was Kingdom of Sorrow (Kirk really messed that one up)...

I think I'll maybe try Burst's 2005 album and see what happens.

The trick with Burst is to go in expecting it to be more than Sludge. I heard Origo back when it was out, and went in expecting a Hardcore band. Progressive Sludgecore? I don't know, you decide. I've been listening to Lazarus Bird for a while, and it does take a few plays before it unfolds, but when it does... excellent, excellent album.

Mayhaps I should check this out. It looks quite good...been meaning to get some stuff from Cult of Luna, Isis, Pelican, The Ocean, and bands along those lines.

This was not quite what i expected, much harder to get in to than i thought it would be.

I love the Mastodon-esque parts. But as of now I'm a little dissapointed, I love Origo and Prey on Life, this didn't hook me in the same way.

Hopefully youre right and the album takes time to grow.

Cripple God

not sure what to think of it. it feels like Mastodon got fucked on psychedelics and didn't even try to write songs, just kind of went forward in a train-of-thought way. except the musicianship is still very tight (since it's trippy and sludgy, i'm not sure if this is a good thing). the vocals bug me at times but they're less boring than on Origo. gonna need moar listens. thx for getting me to not ignore this Zad

This band is criminally underrated. It takes a few listens to get this but it is rewarding in the end. The infinite amount of great ideas put into this album is amazing. Top notch musicianship.

One of the best albums of 2008. I recommend everyone to give this a bit more time.

Thanks Zad.

Speaking of underrated, this is the #9 album in rateyourmusic's top 50 releases of 2008. Cool.