SLOB – Deepwoods Shack of Sodomy
Comatose Music
So what would inspire two UK metal musicians to create music inspired by the likes of the 1972 classic John Boorman movie Deliverance. Yeah their album title doesn't mention it plus their motto "What happens in the shack, stays in the shack" is also a tribute to another cinema classic. But the album's intro is the famous soundbite of Deliverance's butt rape in the woods scene. It's the role that actor Ned Beatty (who passed away in June 2021 at the age of 83) is infamous for. Although I believe throughout his long film career he tried to move on from that role.
There's more Deliverance movie soundbites as well as some I'm not familiar with. The title cut is a soundbite which follows the same theme as in butt rape in the woods or wooden shack. Now if you haven't guessed it yet SLOB are a brutal death metal act. And of course Comatose Music is the perfect label for them since they do specialize in releasing the disturbing stuff. SLOB are a two piece act consisting of James Murphy on guitar, vocals and drum programming. Ross Honour is the acts other guitarist.
Musically it's your basic brutal DM stuff on these tracks. Deep cavernous vocals with the pig squeals, yeah that's standard genre stuff. But I gotta say their riffs are kinda cool. They make the songs hold you in vise like grip. You've got the slow bludgeoning ones mixed with the spastic. This duo works well together and there's even a solo or two. As expected the drum programming sounds like someone beating on Tupperware but once again that's standard.
Yeah as I always say I'm a sucker for this type of raw and sick death metal. It's the type of stuff you want to play for friends just to see their reactions. Of course while listening to Deepwoods Shack of Sodomy I'd had a huge grim. This stuff is just funny to me. Plus it was around 1 AM in the morning and I was making homemade chicken soup. If you like it brutal then here you go.
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