Album Reviews7/10
Nine Years On, Melvins Still Bury You Under Noise on A Walk with Love & Death
A heavy, slow crawl of noise and weight, buried beneath 23 tracks of love and death.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Category: Album Reviews
Records we have scored.
Album Reviews8/10
Guitarists Switch to Synthesizers for an Electronic Tribute Album
A grim, throbbing electronic record from Melvins and Void Manes, trading guitars for synths in tribute to Throbbing Gristle.
Album Reviews8/10
Lysol at 34: Melvins Slow Down Grunge and Refuse to Bend
A grim tale of a slow, ponderous record wherein a band eschews haste and melody, preferring instead weight and patience.
Album Reviews7/10
‘Pigs of the Roman Empire’: A Bold Collaboration That Mostly Pays Off
A review of the Melvins and Lustmord collaboration 'Pigs of the Roman Empire,' a slow, noisy slab of sludge and drone.
Album Reviews2/10
Melvins Push Sludge Into Noise on Honky — and the Result Is a 2/10
A look back at Melvins' 1997 album Honky, a strange, sprawling record that rewards patience and punishes it in equal measure.
Album Reviews7.1/10
Melvins Let Six Bassists Sprawl Across Basses Loaded — Mostly Without Losing Focus
Melvins' Basses Loaded pairs doom metal with punk and covers across twelve tracks, a sprawling record that mostly coheres.
Album Reviews6/10
Melvins’ Bullhead Remains the Band’s Most Brutal Record
A crawl through the Melvins' 1991 record Bullhead, where slow weight and grind rule over frantic energy.
Album Reviews8/10
Melvins Repeat Their Own Songs on ‘The Devil You Knew, the Devil You Know’ — It Mostly Works
A record of two devils, one known and one unknown, wherein each song is doubled and repeated, testing patience and resolve.
Album Reviews5.6/10
Melvins’ ‘Hostile Ambient Takeover’: A Mixed Bag Of Strange Experiments And Familiar Sludge
A look back at Melvins' Hostile Ambient Takeover, a record splitting rock and noise with mixed success across eight tracks.
Album Reviews7/10
Melvins’ Stoner Witch Stays Steady for 49 Minutes
A solemn review of Melvins' 1994 album Stoner Witch, wherein the band settles into a heavy, steady groove.