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Album Review
Dr Slagglebery The Slagg FactoryCrash Records
Article written by
James G - Nov 6, 2009
Dr Slaggleberry make music of sorts – apparently it’s a new genre, ‘Math Metal’. Or so I’ve read anyway. Whatever. ‘The Slagg Factory’ consists of 5 tracks of Heavy Metal instrumentals, all played with an aversion to 4/4 time and constraints of traditional ‘song’ writing. Played, however, competently and accurately, with decent production to boot. There’s little point in analysing each one individually, save to say that before a gentle evening’s self-mutilation ‘Grades Of Filth’ might be one’s preferred track of choice, whereas ‘Bastard Brew’ could well work best in preparing one mentally before striding off to school, with a pump-action shotgun concealed down the arm of one’s black leather greatcoat, and a mental note of every teacher and student that has contributed to this outcome. Every girl. Especially the girls…