Black Tusk
Set the Dial
Relapse
2011
Rating: 7 rabid elephants out of 10
Black Tusk call their sound "swamp metal" - I just call it good. This is a more modern approach to classic eighties metal like Metallica and their ilk crossed with a whiskey bottle full of country snarl. Assuming you can bottle snarl, obviously...I think my grandma had some in her basement next to the canned green beans. I guess a southern version of High on Fire really, at least in general feel. Like a thousand other good metal bands, these cats Georgia, so it's good that state gets at least one thing right. I really dug their last record "Taste the Sin", they put on a great goddamn live show, and this album helps them continue their fine tradition of rocking balls off. It ain't reinventing the wheel, but it's helping things run more smoothly.
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