Dan Hunt - ZERO TOLERANCE

From the same label that gave us records from Alkerdeel, Aidan Baker, Bongripper, Expo 70, Caina, Gorgontongue and Persistence In Mourning, comes this, the debut ep from UK sludgelords Pus, whose sound is a lurching, lumbering downtuned heaviness, that owes as much to Electric Wizard as it does Moss. The guitars are thick and oozy and blackened, downtuned and tarpit groovy, the drums simple and solid, the vocals a reverb drenched bellow that sounds a bit like Mike Williams from Eyehategod crossed with Justin Broadrick circa the good ol' Godflesh days, each song mostly a single riff, pounded at relentlessly, laced with occasional gouts of wah drenched psychedelic leads, the songs once in a while oozing into something more blackened and dirgey, or something more propulsive and downright rocking, but for the most part, it's a relentlessly tranced out black dirge, doomy and psychedelic, mesmerizing and hypnotic, culminating in the extra noisy title track, which substitutes the bellowing vox for a weird droned out monk like chant, the guitars a big muddier and murkier, the result something weirdly dreamy and trippy. Definitely recommended for fans of all things slow and low, doomy and sludgey.

AQUARIUS RECORDS

From South Wales, and a tremendous host bad, comes the debut EP PUS, an intense band of Sludge / Crust Doom satin with an atmosphere quite as ELECTRIC WIZARD and related but perhaps less psychedelic and environmental well have an extremely low but sharp tuning and leaves hear all the instruments clearly and naturally, without any artifice. Although as always, first I do the artwork on the disc, which this time is quite worthy of review ... Gatefold Digipack these two panels is a pain to get the cd (it must be said) and that is very nice but shit you scratch the cds ... In short, we're going to do. On the other hand, I like the glossy paper, all in strict black, which features a cover Lovecraftian very elaborate and consistent with the sound you're going to find. Furthermore, this limited edition of 500 pieces (do not know if it will reissue) includes a large patch of cloth cover is tremendous ... So run is not exhausted. The issue has been borne by the growing CASKETS UNIVERSAL RECORDS and TONGUE, with the album recorded and mastered by Chi Lame Music Box, Cardiff with a dense, suffocating sound do see that this debut has been taken care of even the tiniest details.

The work opens with "COLOSSUS" brutal-time issue, insistent and persistent as if we were going through the driest desert in the world ... I love the voice, very powerful, guttural and throwing bass notes instead of the shrillness that we are accustomed sludge groups. The central riff of the theme is very doom and classic taste, like the whole issue in general. "The Black Swordsman" Kyuss sound as if they had been given by the Sludge with a thundering rhythm section like a mad elephant ride. "IMAGE OF THE LAW DREDD" continues with the sound of the first half time with a tuning issue so serious that it seems to be set to play Drone ... but gradually the subject is accelerating and gaining in epic ... I love the singer's input on this issue when he sings: "SUBTERRANEAN brutal .......", this issue, which live has to sound terrible, especially with the guitar riffs that are marked at the end. "Y.M.A.H." appears black / doom emanating from the dark, very depressing and hymnic, still a little above the melodies of the subject but more hypnotic and repetitive. "A CROSS TO BEAR FOR ALL" is sludge / crust hardcore and punk with lashes, very suitable for a smoke MOSH August night in any location in your city lost .... EYEHATEGOD or sound to GRIEF ... Japanese or even corrupt, but more direct and to the point. Very welcome change of pace within the same topic, they do not get bored even for a moment and endow them more intense. "PUS" closes this EP than thirty minutes in a big way, all a great song with a majestic instrumental doom chorus sounds that give the subject a touch of death metal to old to INCANTATION, ASPHYX and extreme metal bands like that oozed darkness on all sides ... tremendous great song to finish the album and invites you to play again and again. In short, a great debut from these English that surely will bring more of a surprise in the future. Hurry pillártelo that editing is limited ... Do not say you did not warn you (and by God, Pillate !!!!)

Review (very) loosely translated from Spanish from LA MUERTE TENIA.
Original review in Spanish located here

I can smell the pot fumes coming out of the sewer, wrapping around my dreams, turning them into night terrors. Hold on, I'm exhaling PUS... this South Wales band is my kind of buds. They have a sticky, blackened self-titled EP out now on Universal Tongue/Feretro Records that will make you feel dirty & high at the same time. PUS' music is demonic blues for the underworld, where Satan's helpers smoke big bongs. Every song on this EP crushes the timid, but gives power to the herbmen of the darkworld. This band's bass lines are full of top grade THC, plus they have this "stoned is the way to be" vibe about them that just makes my fucking day. Actually the bass waves on songs like "Image of the Dredd Law" is as heavy as 666 tons of the gnarly stuff. You know when you smoke too much & evol voices start going off in your head, that's what their lead singer sounds like, a mean ghoul who is trying to steal our stash. PUS drummer sets the dirge beats for the rest of the band to follow, which is not hard for them because the sounds he creates are mammoth. Now let me talk about the wizard riffs that have me high before I even light my spliff, now that is some rad shit. One thing is that I really dig about PUS is that they have this awesome crust aura that gives every jam a good stench. So this is the deal, when a bunch of punks decide to puff on that Mr. Nice & form a band, you end up with the killer sounds of PUS!

CVLT NATION