Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest [2LP]

Crowbar - Odd Fellows Rest [2LP]Odd Fellows Rest finds Crowbar refining their signature blend of crushing heaviness and hard earned melancholy, delivering one of the most revered albums in the New Orleans sludge metal canon. Released in 1998, the record arrived during a particularly creative period for the band, further cementing Kirk Windstein and company as masters of turning pain, perseverance, and personal struggle into towering walls of sound. While undeniably heavy, Odd

Sundowning

sample-rich production in analog glory

"Whitewashed Tomb" bleeds in with a cinematic underscore before it's potent vocal lines

so he was the perfect person to produce the record

Apolitical when compared to hard-line contemporaries like Cro-Mags and Agnostic Front

Neutral of course

they achieved "a thicker and heavier sound" than before

" A sprawling epic described as "the journey of a child to God

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bridging the gap between generation and genre

A Song-for-Song Recreation of Dylan's Famous 1966 Concert on Double LP

Baker would stay in Europe for a number of months after Twardzik's death