An Album Whenever I Feel Like Posting One, Album 7: My War by Black Flag
Genres: Hardcore punk, sludge metal (for the latter half/the B side)
Personal rating: 9/10
Personal thoughts: One hell of a listening experience. Definitely not for everyone and it probably will seem jarring as fuck to you if you’ve never listened to hardcore or sludge before. Still, very interesting album. Henry Rollins’ vocals on are genuinely horrifying and very unique. Guitar work and drums are also really good. The lyrics are also very interesting, all of them are from the perspective of an insane guy basically. Henry’s vocals make them work though. The B Side of this album is especially intense, with long songs that are even more distressing than the rest of the album, combining doom metal’s slow tempos and heaviness with punk’s abrasiveness. It’s also the groundwork for what would later become sludge metal.
Overall, an amazing album with a harrowing atmosphere that may be hard to get into. Will review this in depth someday.