When I was first looking the disc over, I will fully admit I had completely confused them for Black Anvil (to be fair, when this was released they were Relapse labelmates). I would have preferred a Black Anvil CD too, although I realized my mental mix up pretty quickly.
Pretty straightforward sludge metal. There's some grooviness to the riffs, so expect something more rocking than old Crowbar or Grief, but on the positive side they don't go overboard with either Southern influences or stoner/Sabbathy influences. Not the biggest fan of the semi-shouted vocal style, but it doesn't fit the music too badly. The instrumental intro "A Cold Embrace" builds up into a cool mid-paced riff that would be great in a death metal context. "The Weak and the Wise" has a bass intro with a chord progression that totally reminds me of Marilyn Manson's cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." Aside from the intro, "Internal/Eternal" stood out as being catchier than the other tracks. A pretty meh release for me since the sludge I like tends to be on the doomier side, but it's decent enough for the bargain bin price.
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