Eyehategod/Cripple Bastards
Southern Lord

Eyehategod is a band that I don't listen to enough. Their one track on their side of this split 7", "I am the Gestapo," is fucking awesome. The guitars lay down a nice groove that will stick in your head for awhile (making up for the fact that I don't want it to end), and the band adds some cool layers over it.

I hadn't heard Cripple Bastards before, even though a friend of mine talked about them a lot years ago. Their song, "Self-Zeroing," is okay, but not amazing. I was under the impression that they were a straight grind band, but they play a lot of different styles of music: crust, punk, grind, stoner rock, and they have some pretty cool parts. On second thought, this song gets a lot better as it goes along, as they are able to mesh all of these styles of music together pretty well.

Written by: RF

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