Review: Slugdge – Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms

Hailing from the mucus filled holes they call home (Located under the UK), Slugdge have risen once again to deliver their newest form of musical majesty called Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms. These molluscan musicians delivers a fierce sound of death metal, progressive metal and a slight taste of slime driven doom but never lack the ability to push something magical and melodic at the same time. Most of Slugdge’s tracks are long and they always are interesting til the very last note. This time around, Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms pulls off the wonder that they had on their last album, Gastronomicon, and somehow make it even more interesting this time around with big sound and powerful tone. This Slugdge album is ridiculously good.

Slugdge is neither sludge nor is it slow, this slimy bit of metal is fairly quick and catchy. There are around 85,000 species of mollusk on this planet and I am 100% certain there are 85,000 riffs packed into this album. Each song just oozes pure metal and is slick and slimy with soft production values that are rather rich and thick, like the size of a banana slug. The music found on Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms is again top notch metal, be it death or progressive…sometimes blackened …you never know what you are in for until you spin this mp3 a couple of times and get familiar with it. But it’s so damn fun navigating the harsh tunnels of metal that Slugdge have dug out of the ground. It’s so damn fulfilling, creative and enjoyable.

On top of this greatness we once again have amazing vocals slapped on top of these riffs.  Blended mix of death and clean vocals. But these aren’t your typical clean vocals, these vocals have power behind them. Some fucking balls. These are the type of vocals that earn respect….NO…..take respect. Bow before your molluscan overlords! This is some of the tightest writing of the year. The songs are long but engaging and interesting the entire time. The overall sound is phenomenal. The tone is to die for. The vocals are spot on. Drumming is a rhythmic mindfuck and the bass work is a constant orgasm.

Also I dig the Slugdge take on the album title, as it is a nod to Immortal’s song “Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms”, which gets a bonus point. Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms is wonderful and is now a contender for best album of the year.

9.3 out of 10

https://slugdge.bandcamp.com/album/dim-and-slimeridden-kingdoms

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