I remember seeing the now classic 'All I Had (I Gave)' music video back in the day, and I went out and got the self titled 'Crowbar' album shortly thereafter, and I've been a fan ever since... I got to speak to Kirk himself after a Napalm Death/Crowbar concert in Aarhus, Denmark back in 1996, and although it was only for a couple of minutes, the dude made a lasting impression on me. I think you would be hard pressed to find an more genuine, heartfelt and down to earth dude than Kirk, besides the fact that he is also one of the best riff-masters and songwriters out there. Hail Kirk, Hail Crowbar! 🤘🤘
Necrotic Nick- I saw that video on Beavis & Butthead forever ago but I honestly didn't get their stuff (starting with the S/T album) until years later when I saw them on a CD rack and was like "Oh shit... that's that band from Beavis & Butthead" lol. I've had a few run ins with Kirk and that is one solid dude. Just a cool demeaner and you can tell he loves his fans. In terms of rifflords out there we couldn't ask for better representation.
I know I talk more about thrash, classic metal, and first wave black metal (blackened thrash/speed), but doom and sludge are right up there for me in terms of favorite genres of metal due to how much Black Sabbath influenced my life. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Necrotic Nick- I think we've talked about this before honestly. Yeah, I honestly think that if you love Black Sabbath at their heaviest it will eventually lead you to sludge. Doom, stoner and sludge worship at the altar of the riff and Iommi is still pretty much the riff god in my mind.
I love the Louisiana sludge metal scene. The bands there are so heavy yet still sound so blusey. Love Crowbar, Acid Bath, Eyehategod, Down, and Soilent Green. Should check out the other bands you mentioned.
Necrotic Nick- Same here. This scene is large in part the reason I got into sludge metal in general. It's as heavy as it is diverse as I think all these bands bring something different to the table.
Suplecs are still active! They play local shows every now and then. They announced on Facebook that they’re recording new material this year. Great video Nick!
Sonic Excess is good but Crowbar's Odd Fellows Rest is a f***ing MASTERPIECE!! that era (Along with Equilibrium) is when That band was working with really magical chemistry what with Jimmy Bower & Sammy Duet-EHG, Acid Bath respectively in the band.
WOORMS! Oh man, definitely check out some of their newer stuff, “Twitching as Prey” (2020) and their best yet (imo), 2022’s “Fatalismo.” They also should have a new one wrapped soon…and they just shot a music video the other day. Oh, and their merch is fantastic. High quality and sick in all the best ways. All up on their bandcamp page. Awesome episode of States of Metal-had this Louisianan grinin’ like a gator \m/@@\m/
Necrotic Nick- Hey! Thanks, man! Yeah, I need to get some more stuff from Woorms. That album is like a perfect blend of Eyehategod and Melvins. It's weirder than hell but it really comes together and their song titles and samples are something else lol. I'll have to check out their bandcamp here soon.
@@thrallsofmetal their frontman, Joey Carbo has some great solo stuff, too, and has a Library of Alexandria-worthy collection of samples to draw from. Love this series, love the channel! \m/@@\m/
I fucking love “When the Kite String Pops”. Such an amazing album. No skips, really. And it was your retro review that turned me onto it, so thanks so much! BTW, doesn’t Sammy Duet do a lot of the harsher vocals ?
I can imagine more than that. I really enjoy some entertaining intelligence rendered down to worthy opinion. Is this a radio personality or a voice actor/singer? Strong voice. Ok. Thanks!!
when I was a teen in North Dakota, a friend and I were at the mall. We were kicked out because of his Eyehatgod patch. "Dopesick" is awesome but I definitely prefer "In The Name Of Suffering" as my favorite. We loved Acid Bath too!!!
Necrotic Nick- Wow! They kicked you guy out for a patch? Fuckin' mall cops are lamer than I thought lol. Dopesick was the first one I got so it's special. As soon as I heard that riff on Dixie Whiskey I was hooked. Acid Bath rules. One of the most underrated bands of the 90's in my opinion.
Bummed i missed the premier so ill share my comments here. Sonic Excess in its Purest Form is my top Crowbar album as well. I love the band photo inside the cover too. Just a gang of thicc boys covered in tats haha. Counting Daze and To Build a Mountain so gd good man. 🤘 odd fellows rest and lifesblood for the downtrodden makes my top 3 Crowbar albums.
Eyehategod Take As Needed for Pain, Dopesick and self titled my top 3 for EHG. Bowers guitar riffing IS sludge incarnate. Like heavily drunken blues doom. Perfection. I am so glad we got their self title before Joey passed. And glad Jimmy did Superjoint Ritual, a band rarely mentioned in alot of metal circles but SJRs first two albums are just incredible and unique.
Down....I need say nothing. Down is superb. All albums all killer no filler. I hear elements of ozzys sabbath vocals in Phil, I hear bonhams Zeppelin drums in Bower, we get the juxtaposition of Kirk's doomed sludge and Peppers bluesy sludge....
Necrotic Nick- Well, I'm glad you got to check it out at least. This one was a lot of fun to do just because I have such a strong connection to some of these albums. Sonic Excess is the GOAT of Crowbar albums and Dopesick was my first exposure to Eyehategod so it'll always be special to me but all those early albums are some of the most visceral music to ever come out of NOLA. I thought about including both Superjoint Ritual and Exhorder but I wanted to keep it more along the lines of sludge metal. Down's NOLA might be one of the best albums ever done by a supergroup in my opinion. I love every track on that album. There might not be a finer collection of catchy riffs in the entire NOLA scene.
I was hoping to see a deleted symphony on here!! One of my favorites records ever. SG are recording a new album FINALLY. Tommy recorded drums a few weeks ago. haarp - the filth is one I dig a ton. Highly recommended. The follow up was damn good too. Sucks they aren’t around anymore.
Necrotic Nick- While I started with "Sewn Mouth Secrets" I still tend to gravitate to "A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down" more. That album just flat out rips and really expands on that grind colliding with sludge metal thing they do so well. I was already stoked to see them at MDF but that's fucking awesome that they're recording a new album finally. I'm not familiar with HAARP so I'll have to check them out at some point.
@@thrallsofmetal I think you’ll be pleasantly disgusted with haarp. Eager to hear your thoughts once you do, man! I actually blind bought deleted symphony on cd at a local record shop back in ‘03 solely based on the artwork. I had no idea who they were whatsoever haha. SMS rips too! Saw SG at a pool hall touring confrontation and I got to talk to Ben and tell him how much of an impact his shits had. Specifically that Paralysis album. Such a sick record. Definitely needs a rerelease and more recognition. Really laid back guy. I’d love to see them in Fargo again.
Jammed "when the kite string pops" more than any other Sludge album, Louisiana or anywhere...owned the cd twice. No longer have it. Love me some Crowbar too!
Necrotic Nick- One of my favorite things that came out of the entire sludge metal scene period. I love that album so damn much and Pagan Terrorism Tactics but not as much as the debut. Crowbar always brings the riffs. I just got back from seeing them in Philly for the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest and they absolutely crushed on day one.
This is a godsend. I am always looking for new slow and heavy shit to listen to. I recommend, if you want to dig deeper into Thou, their collaboration with Emma Ruth Rundle.
Necrotic Nick- I've actually jammed that one and it's awesome. It's hard to keep up with all their collabs here lately but I definitely plan on getting more in the future.
Necrotic Nick- Hell, Pallbearer has a little bit of that Louisiana sludge in their sound and Rwake would have fit right in with all the crazy NOLA bands. There's definitely some common musical threads here.
It sort of does fit that sludge metal is traced to a state thats often muddy and sludgy cause its a damn swamp. Ive loved crowbar and down for a long time. It can never not be talked about how great kirk windstein is on both guitar and vocals. I'll have to check out the others youve mentioned
Necrotic Nick- I mean, it's the perfect setting lol. Yeah, Crowbar was probably my big intro to that sludge metal sound when I saw their video for All I Had I Gave on Beavis & Butthead. There's links to all the music in the video description if you haven't seen that yet.
Glad to see Thou on here too. My only problem with them is that they produce too much music and you do get some filler I’d say. I got into them on Heathen, which is an awesome album. I haven’t checked out Summit, so will have to give that a listen. I’ve really enjoyed their collabs with Emma Ruth Rundle, the way they layer her vocals with Bryan Funck’s sounds awesome.
Great video!! Just a suggestion for a future video from this series: what if you did the province of Quebec? I know you mentioned wanting to venture out of the US, so this could be a good one! Very diverse scene, with lots of history. Also, our national holiday is on June 24; maybe you could time that video around that time? Anyways, just an idea. Cheers! 🤘
Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I'm actually saving Quebec and by extension the rest of the world for when I finish up doing the states. I'm going to do a whole series about international metal (in respect to the US at least) and Canada in general is one I'm really looking forward to.
I don't know who I love the most; Soilent Green or GoatWhore.. basically the combination of Sammy Duet's great riffing and the awesome vocals of Ben Falgoust ALWAYS hits the mark.. 👌🤘
Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, I avoid getting hit with copyright stuff by not playing the music but I there are links to all the music in the video description if you're curious about any of the bands.
It's a little known fact that the album cover of Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death is a photo of singer Pat Lind taken mere seconds after his vocals were done for the album🤘
Should put pantera on the state of louisiana southern metal. Would be louisiana and texas really phil from louisiana and the brothers from Texas so pantera would have 2 states
I remember seeing the now classic 'All I Had (I Gave)' music video back in the day, and I went out and got the self titled 'Crowbar' album shortly thereafter, and I've been a fan ever since... I got to speak to Kirk himself after a Napalm Death/Crowbar concert in Aarhus, Denmark back in 1996, and although it was only for a couple of minutes, the dude made a lasting impression on me. I think you would be hard pressed to find an more genuine, heartfelt and down to earth dude than Kirk, besides the fact that he is also one of the best riff-masters and songwriters out there. Hail Kirk, Hail Crowbar! 🤘🤘
Necrotic Nick- I saw that video on Beavis & Butthead forever ago but I honestly didn't get their stuff (starting with the S/T album) until years later when I saw them on a CD rack and was like "Oh shit... that's that band from Beavis & Butthead" lol. I've had a few run ins with Kirk and that is one solid dude. Just a cool demeaner and you can tell he loves his fans. In terms of rifflords out there we couldn't ask for better representation.
Southern Whiskey Rebellion, Hawg Jaw, Ritual Killer, Valume Knob, A Hanging, Goatwhore, Scour. I used to live near NOLA and saw lots of bands. ⚜️🤘🎸
Necrotic Nick- That scene is rich in really diverse metal in general even outside of sludge.
Man, you just got me into Acid Bath right now. Really awesome.
Necrotic Nick- That band is something else. Both albums are killer but that debut is something truly special.
Fingerpaintings Of The Insane is one of the greatest titles of all time. Dang.
I know I talk more about thrash, classic metal, and first wave black metal (blackened thrash/speed), but doom and sludge are right up there for me in terms of favorite genres of metal due to how much Black Sabbath influenced my life. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Necrotic Nick- I think we've talked about this before honestly. Yeah, I honestly think that if you love Black Sabbath at their heaviest it will eventually lead you to sludge. Doom, stoner and sludge worship at the altar of the riff and Iommi is still pretty much the riff god in my mind.
I love the Louisiana sludge metal scene. The bands there are so heavy yet still sound so blusey. Love Crowbar, Acid Bath, Eyehategod, Down, and Soilent Green. Should check out the other bands you mentioned.
Necrotic Nick- Same here. This scene is large in part the reason I got into sludge metal in general. It's as heavy as it is diverse as I think all these bands bring something different to the table.
Suplecs are still active! They play local shows every now and then. They announced on Facebook that they’re recording new material this year. Great video Nick!
Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Oh, badass! I was wondering what happened to them honestly. I'll have to look into the new stuff when it drops.
Cottonmouth jam. Crawdad strum. Red Wasp drip venom slime beat. That stuff. I dig it, especially after living in Arkansas for almost a year.
Sonic Excess is good but Crowbar's Odd Fellows Rest is a f***ing MASTERPIECE!! that era (Along with Equilibrium) is when That band was working with really magical chemistry what with Jimmy Bower & Sammy Duet-EHG, Acid Bath respectively in the band.
Aww… the video cut off. Will you put the end of your video on soon? ⚜️
Necrotic Nick- It rendered improperly I guess. There wasn't much left but the outro so I'll leave it stand.
WOORMS!
Oh man, definitely check out some of their newer stuff, “Twitching as Prey” (2020) and their best yet (imo), 2022’s “Fatalismo.” They also should have a new one wrapped soon…and they just shot a music video the other day.
Oh, and their merch is fantastic. High quality and sick in all the best ways. All up on their bandcamp page.
Awesome episode of States of Metal-had this Louisianan grinin’ like a gator
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Necrotic Nick- Hey! Thanks, man! Yeah, I need to get some more stuff from Woorms. That album is like a perfect blend of Eyehategod and Melvins. It's weirder than hell but it really comes together and their song titles and samples are something else lol. I'll have to check out their bandcamp here soon.
@@thrallsofmetal their frontman, Joey Carbo has some great solo stuff, too, and has a Library of Alexandria-worthy collection of samples to draw from.
Love this series, love the channel!
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Absolutely lovely list. Love this channel.
I fucking love “When the Kite String Pops”. Such an amazing album. No skips, really. And it was your retro review that turned me onto it, so thanks so much! BTW, doesn’t Sammy Duet do a lot of the harsher vocals ?
I can imagine more than that. I really enjoy some entertaining intelligence rendered down to worthy opinion. Is this a radio personality or a voice actor/singer? Strong voice. Ok. Thanks!!
when I was a teen in North Dakota, a friend and I were at the mall. We were kicked out because of his Eyehatgod patch. "Dopesick" is awesome but I definitely prefer "In The Name Of Suffering" as my favorite. We loved Acid Bath too!!!
Necrotic Nick- Wow! They kicked you guy out for a patch? Fuckin' mall cops are lamer than I thought lol. Dopesick was the first one I got so it's special. As soon as I heard that riff on Dixie Whiskey I was hooked. Acid Bath rules. One of the most underrated bands of the 90's in my opinion.
What I've been waiting for!
Necrotic Nick- Christmas?
@@thrallsofmetal No, the episode on Louisiana for States of Metal, Nick!
Bummed i missed the premier so ill share my comments here.
Sonic Excess in its Purest Form is my top Crowbar album as well. I love the band photo inside the cover too. Just a gang of thicc boys covered in tats haha. Counting Daze and To Build a Mountain so gd good man. 🤘 odd fellows rest and lifesblood for the downtrodden makes my top 3 Crowbar albums.
Eyehategod Take As Needed for Pain, Dopesick and self titled my top 3 for EHG. Bowers guitar riffing IS sludge incarnate. Like heavily drunken blues doom. Perfection. I am so glad we got their self title before Joey passed. And glad Jimmy did Superjoint Ritual, a band rarely mentioned in alot of metal circles but SJRs first two albums are just incredible and unique.
Down....I need say nothing. Down is superb. All albums all killer no filler. I hear elements of ozzys sabbath vocals in Phil, I hear bonhams Zeppelin drums in Bower, we get the juxtaposition of Kirk's doomed sludge and Peppers bluesy sludge....
Necrotic Nick- Well, I'm glad you got to check it out at least. This one was a lot of fun to do just because I have such a strong connection to some of these albums. Sonic Excess is the GOAT of Crowbar albums and Dopesick was my first exposure to Eyehategod so it'll always be special to me but all those early albums are some of the most visceral music to ever come out of NOLA. I thought about including both Superjoint Ritual and Exhorder but I wanted to keep it more along the lines of sludge metal. Down's NOLA might be one of the best albums ever done by a supergroup in my opinion. I love every track on that album. There might not be a finer collection of catchy riffs in the entire NOLA scene.
I was hoping to see a deleted symphony on here!! One of my favorites records ever. SG are recording a new album FINALLY. Tommy recorded drums a few weeks ago.
haarp - the filth is one I dig a ton. Highly recommended. The follow up was damn good too. Sucks they aren’t around anymore.
Necrotic Nick- While I started with "Sewn Mouth Secrets" I still tend to gravitate to "A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down" more. That album just flat out rips and really expands on that grind colliding with sludge metal thing they do so well. I was already stoked to see them at MDF but that's fucking awesome that they're recording a new album finally. I'm not familiar with HAARP so I'll have to check them out at some point.
@@thrallsofmetal I think you’ll be pleasantly disgusted with haarp. Eager to hear your thoughts once you do, man!
I actually blind bought deleted symphony on cd at a local record shop back in ‘03 solely based on the artwork. I had no idea who they were whatsoever haha. SMS rips too! Saw SG at a pool hall touring confrontation and I got to talk to Ben and tell him how much of an impact his shits had. Specifically that Paralysis album. Such a sick record. Definitely needs a rerelease and more recognition. Really laid back guy. I’d love to see them in Fargo again.
Thou are great nice listen really enjoyed it. 🤘
Necrotic Nick- Awesome! I love that band!
Jammed "when the kite string pops" more than any other Sludge album, Louisiana or anywhere...owned the cd twice. No longer have it. Love me some Crowbar too!
Necrotic Nick- One of my favorite things that came out of the entire sludge metal scene period. I love that album so damn much and Pagan Terrorism Tactics but not as much as the debut. Crowbar always brings the riffs. I just got back from seeing them in Philly for the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest and they absolutely crushed on day one.
This is a godsend. I am always looking for new slow and heavy shit to listen to. I recommend, if you want to dig deeper into Thou, their collaboration with Emma Ruth Rundle.
Necrotic Nick- I've actually jammed that one and it's awesome. It's hard to keep up with all their collabs here lately but I definitely plan on getting more in the future.
I've always felt that Louisiana has a very kindred spirit to my native Arkansas in the dirty, sludgy sounds of the metal in these two states.
I can see that 🤘🏻. Pallbearer ftw. One of my favorite bands.
Necrotic Nick- Hell, Pallbearer has a little bit of that Louisiana sludge in their sound and Rwake would have fit right in with all the crazy NOLA bands. There's definitely some common musical threads here.
It sort of does fit that sludge metal is traced to a state thats often muddy and sludgy cause its a damn swamp. Ive loved crowbar and down for a long time. It can never not be talked about how great kirk windstein is on both guitar and vocals. I'll have to check out the others youve mentioned
Necrotic Nick- I mean, it's the perfect setting lol. Yeah, Crowbar was probably my big intro to that sludge metal sound when I saw their video for All I Had I Gave on Beavis & Butthead. There's links to all the music in the video description if you haven't seen that yet.
Did it just end abruptly?
Necrotic Nick- Yeah, there was an error rendering it unfortunately.
Glad to see Thou on here too. My only problem with them is that they produce too much music and you do get some filler I’d say. I got into them on Heathen, which is an awesome album. I haven’t checked out Summit, so will have to give that a listen. I’ve really enjoyed their collabs with Emma Ruth Rundle, the way they layer her vocals with Bryan Funck’s sounds awesome.
Small world i jammed that nola album today out of the blue during my after worlk workout good times
Necrotic Nick- There's never a bad time to jam that album in my opinion.
It does pop up
Great video!!
Just a suggestion for a future video from this series: what if you did the province of Quebec? I know you mentioned wanting to venture out of the US, so this could be a good one! Very diverse scene, with lots of history.
Also, our national holiday is on June 24; maybe you could time that video around that time?
Anyways, just an idea. Cheers! 🤘
Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I'm actually saving Quebec and by extension the rest of the world for when I finish up doing the states. I'm going to do a whole series about international metal (in respect to the US at least) and Canada in general is one I'm really looking forward to.
Great video. A ton of recommendations for a 1990's teenager that I was.
Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!
Don't forget Floodgate. Kyle Thomas from Exhorder. One and done band but that one album is a classic.
Necrotic Nick- I sadly don't own that one but we did do a full Retro-Review on that album if you haven't checked that video out.
Excellent review. And like you guys said it's a hidden gem.
Delicious.
Necrotic Nick- Sludgy goodness.
Man I loved Soilent Green. I still love them.
They have a show coming up soon in New Orleans
July 12
Southport Hall
New Orleans
Necrotic Nick- I am so stoked to see them at MDF this year.
Woorms is strange but cool.
Necrotic Nick- That's definitely one way to describe them lol
I don't know who I love the most; Soilent Green or GoatWhore.. basically the combination of Sammy Duet's great riffing and the awesome vocals of Ben Falgoust ALWAYS hits the mark.. 👌🤘
Necrotic Nick- Honestly, it would be hard as hell for me to pick as well. I love both of those bands.
Hometown heroes!
Necrotic Nick- One of the coolest scenes in metal period.
Great video. Wish you would’ve played a small sample of each album you put up but maybe that would demonetize the video or whatever.
Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, I avoid getting hit with copyright stuff by not playing the music but I there are links to all the music in the video description if you're curious about any of the bands.
It's a little known fact that the album cover of Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death is a photo of singer Pat Lind taken mere seconds after his vocals were done for the album🤘
Necrotic Nick- I always thought it was Ed the Head on meth lol
Should put pantera on the state of louisiana southern metal. Would be louisiana and texas really phil from louisiana and the brothers from Texas so pantera would have 2 states
Eres una enciclopedia del metal
Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I do my best!
You should rank the deicide albums!
Necrotic Nick- At some point I'd love to rank that band's discography. We've got Meshuggah to get through before we pick some more.
@@thrallsofmetal alright awesome! Sounds good man 👍👍👍
Crowbar fn rules not one bad album
Necrotic Nick- Agreed. One of the toughest album rankings we've ever had to do honestly.