Gateway - Bongzilla

After a couple of fairly successful but ultimately inconsequential efforts, Bongzilla return in fine forms with their third full-length release 'Gateway,' one of the more impressive sludge albums I've heard, and one that would be even better if the band would give up the stupid gimmick of pot fanaticism. The sound present here will come as no surprise to those versed in Southern fried sludge doom; monstrously heavy guitars crawling across a bed of distorted feedback, screamed vocals and frequent samples from what seem to be public information films concerning the dangers of marijuana use, though this time effort has actually been put in to make the quotes ...