So, so much better than Acid Bath it hurts.

^

That is still true.

This is pretty good and all but...

Written by Guest on 23.10.2011 at 18:49

So, so much better than Acid Bath it hurts.

Not only I disagree completely... but I find it highly non applicable here. Their styles are completely different there's nothing to compare.
At moments I was annoyed by some vocals from tracks like Cat Scratch Fever... Overly brittish and trashy (not the good way)for me... then again, it was a cover... but still meh.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.02.2012 at 22:37

This is pretty good and all but...

Written by Guest on 23.10.2011 at 18:49

So, so much better than Acid Bath it hurts.

Not only I disagree completely... but I find it highly non applicable here. Their styles are completely different there's nothing to compare.
At moments I was annoyed by some vocals from tracks like Cat Scratch Fever... Overly brittish and trashy (not the good way)for me... then again, it was a cover... but still meh.

Denial. Love it.

And I'm not talking about the African river either.

Written by Guest on 20.02.2012 at 22:45
Denial. Love it.

I'm just saying... even if I dig this... I find it simply stupid to compare two styles that are so different. I've been listening to this cd for over a half an hour ago and I'm still waiting for something that can be compared to Acid Bath's take on sludge.

It's not denial... I'm just not seeing how one can compare two different styles and make that an intelligent argument. I might as well start to compare Eyehategod and Kylesa.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.02.2012 at 22:49


I'm just saying... even if I dig this... I find it simply stupid to compare two styles that are so different. I've been listening to this cd for over a half an hour ago and I'm still waiting for something that can be compared to Acid Bath's take on sludge.

It's not denial... I'm just not seeing how one can compare two different styles and make than an intelligent argument. I might as well start to compare Eyehategod and Baroness.

Well I hear plenty of similarities in their sound but most of my reasoning is for humorous terms when I was joking around with Lucas about the two bands.

Written by Guest on 20.02.2012 at 22:53
Well I hear plenty of similarities in their sound but most of my reasoning is for humorous terms when I was joking around with Lucas about the two bands.

Well, consider your fishing-day profuctive! While you didn't get the dutch and highly elusive Lucalisius, you did find the latino and loud Rodicus Afrodocus also known as one of the smaller species of Marcelius.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.02.2012 at 22:58


Well, consider your fishing-day profuctive! While you didn't get the dutch and highly elusive Lucalisius, you did find the latino and loud Rodicus Afrodocus also known as one of the smaller species of Marcelius.

Well as long as Biggus Dickus and Sillius Soddus stay away I'm happy with that ;]

Written by Guest on 20.02.2012 at 23:11

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.02.2012 at 22:58


Well, consider your fishing-day profuctive! While you didn't get the dutch and highly elusive Lucalisius, you did find the latino and loud Rodicus Afrodocus also known as one of the smaller species of Marcelius.

Well as long as Biggus Dickus and Sillius Soddus stay away I'm happy with that ;]

You mean Sillius Solemnus?

Written by Guest on 20.02.2012 at 23:11
Well as long as Biggus Dickus and Sillius Soddus stay away I'm happy with that ;]

My dog latin isn't that avanced so I don't know who Big Dick and Silly....Sod? are.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.02.2012 at 22:58

latino and loud Rodicus Afrodocus also known as one of the smaller species of Marcelius.

damn imagine a larger species of the Marcellius

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 20.02.2012 at 23:20


You mean Sillius Solemnus?

Haha, nice

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 20.02.2012 at 23:21

Written by X-Ray Rod on 20.02.2012 at 22:58

latino and loud Rodicus Afrodocus also known as one of the smaller species of Marcelius.

damn imagine a larger species of the Marcellius

It haunts my dreams every night...

I recall hearing of this band in my youth, but never actually heard any of their stuff. Any good?

Written by Guest on 20.02.2012 at 21:22



That is still true.

Yes it is, great shit.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 24.03.2012 at 01:30

Written by Guest on 20.02.2012 at 21:22



That is still true.

Yes it is, great shit.

Nah, Acid Bath is still the ultimate sludge doom metal band to me.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 24.03.2012 at 01:32

Written by Boxcar Willy on 24.03.2012 at 01:30

Written by Guest on 20.02.2012 at 21:22



That is still true.

Yes it is, great shit.

Nah, Acid Bath is still the ultimate sludge doom metal band to me.

Fudge Tunnel > Acid Bath.

I love this album.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 24.03.2012 at 01:34

Fudge Tunnel > Acid Bath.
I love this album.

It's just a matter of tastes indeed. To me this definitely doesn't have the bloodpumping energy of the agressive tracks or the flat out madness of the ballads of Acid Bath's debut. This one just have some groovy sludge that I enjoy but that's it. a light 8.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 24.03.2012 at 01:41


It's just a matter of tastes indeed. To me this definitely doesn't have the bloodpumping energy of the agressive tracks or the flat out madness of the ballads of Acid Bath's debut. This one just have some groovy sludge that I enjoy but that's it. a light 8.

Tastes indeed. To me Acid Bath is like a cat aggressively slashing at the perfect notes; occasionally it hits them but more often than not it misses and hits something else. As far as I'm concerned, given the release date of this, this stands as a genuinely underrated album when compared to the unequivocal hype of Acid Bath (3 votes to Acid Bath's 75 (on When the Kite String Pops), Fudge Tunnel's 15,000 listeners to Acid Bath's 61,000 on last.fm). There's not much of an argument to make that would have any affect on the ardent Acid Bath fan, like logic attacking the religious fanatic, and I know you don't hold much confidence in the comparison between the two but for me there's not much that does compare. This album's vocals and riffs, that pure simple heaviness; like a fucked up Nirvana with its almost sarcastic wit, is unmatched in Acid Bath's vagueness.

Written by Guest on 24.03.2012 at 06:53

Written by X-Ray Rod on 24.03.2012 at 01:41


It's just a matter of tastes indeed. To me this definitely doesn't have the bloodpumping energy of the agressive tracks or the flat out madness of the ballads of Acid Bath's debut. This one just have some groovy sludge that I enjoy but that's it. a light 8.

Tastes indeed. To me Acid Bath is like a cat aggressively slashing at the perfect notes; occasionally it hits them but more often than not it misses and hits something else. As far as I'm concerned, given the release date of this, this stands as a genuinely underrated album when compared to the unequivocal hype of Acid Bath (3 votes to Acid Bath's 75 (on When the Kite String Pops), Fudge Tunnel's 15,000 listeners to Acid Bath's 61,000 on last.fm). There's not much of an argument to make that would have any affect on the ardent Acid Bath fan, like logic attacking the religious fanatic, and I know you don't hold much confidence in the comparison between the two but for me there's not much that does compare. This album's vocals and riffs, that pure simple heaviness; like a fucked up Nirvana with its almost sarcastic wit, is unmatched in Acid Bath's vagueness.

So I'm a religious fanatic? Jeez thanks for making any my following posts lose credibility.

I definitely agree with you that this album is underrated. But I find it funny how you have compared them to Acid Bath several times while in this very post I'm quoting I see all the descriptions you are writting about Fudge Tunnel that I simply do not hear in Acid Bath.That's why I don't like to compare them in the first place because it seems totally offtopic to me.
I don't hear Nirvana, I don't hear wit, I don't hear the same kind of heaviness, I don't hear the same focus on groove, etc in Acid Bath, among other things.

It's like that poll I saw one or two years ago between Weakling and Lurker Of Chalice, I mean...what? I like both, I definitely like one more than the other but I keep failing to find it a coherent thing to talk about considering how both bands aim at something completely different. It's nonsense regardless of the quality of both albums.

How can you not hear Nirvana in Fudge Tunnel? Seems to me like we're not approaching it from the same angle because they're definitely comparable for me.

I've already explained the reason for the Lurker / Weakling thread given status, quality, area etc. more than enough for comparison. It doesn't always have to be about sound, it can be about impact.

There certainly is a lot of Nirvana in Fudge Tunnel just like there is a lot of grunge (although not the Nirvana type) in Acid Bath. I am totally surprised Roddy can't hear the Nirvana in Fudge Tunnel though

Added to my checking list.

Written by Guest on 24.03.2012 at 14:19
How can you not hear Nirvana in Fudge Tunnel? Seems to me like we're not approaching it from the same angle because they're definitely comparable for me.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.03.2012 at 14:26
I am totally surprised Roddy can't hear the Nirvana in Fudge Tunnel though

Hey both of you guys.... read it again but this time with your glasses on:

Quote:
I don't hear Nirvana, I don't hear wit, I don't hear the same kind of heaviness, I don't hear the same focus on groove, etc in Acid Bath

I didn't not mention Fudge Tunnel in that sentence AT ALL.
Those were the things I heard in Fudge Tunnel but DID NOT heard in Acid Bath.... Hmmmmkay?

Written by X-Ray Rod on 24.03.2012 at 19:10


I didn't not mention Fudge Tunnel in that sentence AT ALL.
Those were the things I heard in Fudge Tunnel but DID NOT heard in Acid Bath.... Hmmmmkay?

Furry snuff

Still comparable though ;]

Written by Guest on 24.03.2012 at 19:14
Still comparable though ;]

Well, now that you have compared me to a religious fanatic I might as well continue with that impression.

The thing is... that I seek different things when listening to both records.
When The Kite String Pops had a HUGE impact in my life. It is my true teenager soundtrack. I heard it in the right occasion, with the right state of mind... Everything was in sync to my angsty and slightly depressed younger self. I was looking for an escape , a void I could just jump to.

With this album I was already in-the-know and fully enjoyed filthy shit so I was just looking for a great groovy, witty and cool pile of filth which I got.

Fudge Tunnel and Acid Bath totally not comparable, I agree with Rod on that one. And Acid Bath is infinitely superior to the okayish, nothing more nothing less, Fudge Tunnel.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 24.03.2012 at 19:26


Well, now that you have compared me to a religious fanatic I might as well continue with that impression.

The thing is... that I seek different things when listening to both records.
When The Kite String Pops had a HUGE impact in my life. It is my true teenager soundtrack. I heard it in the right occasion, with the right state of mind... Everything was in sync to my angsty and slightly depressed younger self. I was looking for an escape , a void I could just jump to.

With this album I was already in-the-know and fully enjoyed filthy shit so I was just looking for a great groovy, witty and cool pile of filth which I got.

Aww I don't really think you're a religious fanatic Rod

But yeah I get where you're coming from, I could tell the Acid Bath album had that kind of impact on you (one of your very few 10/10s of course). I didn't have the benefit of that perspective so for me it's a solid sludge album whose popularity eludes me for the most part.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.03.2012 at 19:29

Fudge Tunnel and Acid Bath totally not comparable, I agree with Rod on that one. And Acid Bath is infinitely superior to the okayish, nothing more nothing less, Fudge Tunnel.

But what do I know? I'm just your program.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.03.2012 at 19:29

Fudge Tunnel and Acid Bath totally not comparable, I agree with Rod on that one. And Acid Bath is infinitely superior to the okayish, nothing more nothing less, Fudge Tunnel.

Yes but you think Blood Ceremony sound like Black Sabbath so clearly your comparative ability is hugely flawed ;]