Earlier on in the year we had these South American chaps over to visit our little island at Desertfest and as i was looking after the Purple Turtle where they performed i had the chance to meet these thoroughly nice guys and see a very entertaining set. They were very brooding and atmospheric and reminded me of several bands, the obvious soundalikes would be bands like Neurosis, Isis, earlier Mastodon and that general ilk. I know they may have heard this before but there is a lot of similarities between this and ‘Roots’ era Sepultura too!

The record ‘El mal del bien’ is a damn fine offering of horrifically heavy music but they describe themselves as Sludge, and personally i feel the production level is incredibly high and takes away the raw almost garage like quality that i associate with Sludge. This album does not match the filthiness and sheer agression that you get from albums like ‘Obedience Thru Suffering’ which is a perfect example of where Sludge began…

I am in no way knocking this album as i love it and do appreciate the high level of craftsmanship put together by these lads but if you are a fan of bands like Weedeater this is probably not for you, but have a look below at a video from this years Desertfest and you will see a damn fine example and an incredibly heavy band!