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80
Stoner Witch truly showcases the band at the apex of their wide-ranging creative abilities.
10y
80
Stoner Witch, the ninth Melvins long player, remains a journey without maps, destination unknown. Many of the songs are built around conventional metal structures, the path of least commercial resistance for a trio whose preference runs to very ugly noises
10y
Sorry, I know I said I was gonna listen to The Glowing Man soon, I just got the wrong Swans.
I’m not that familiar with Melvins, so this was an amazing introduction. To be honest, I really just listened to this because I wanted to listen to more stoner rock, it’s a deep craving I need to feed, and this album feeds that craving well. “Stoner Witch” starts off really well, and even though it takes a bit of a dive in the middle and near the end, it’s still an amazing ... read more
Melvins follow up to the wonderful Houdini is a great addition to their catalog. Melvins retains much of the messy sludge metal sound that made Houdini a very human and organic album but they lean more toward their stoner sound and aestetic on this project. Though the quality gets better in the second half, the album has a nice variety with their typical metal style tracks but with much more drone influence at times and it can make some tracks feel like metal deconstructed, which for the most ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Skweetis 1:12 | 81 |
| 2 | Queen 3:07 | 87 |
| 3 | Sweet Willy Rollbar 1:29 | 83 |
| 4 | Revolve 4:44 | 91 |
| 5 | Goose Freight Train 4:38 | 78 |
| 6 | Roadbull 3:24 | 79 |
| 7 | At the Stake 7:56 | 86 |
| 8 | Magic Pig Detective 5:33 | 72 |
| 9 | Shevil 6:28 | 76 |
| 10 | June Bug 2:00 | 78 |
| 11 | Lividity 9:15 | 59 |
Total Length: 49 minutes
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3w
this entire album but especially Revolve sounds as if Buzzo sucked Hetfield off and liked it too much for his own artistic good. sorry i just can't move on from how metallica-esque this sounds, it's satirical
