Grief - ... And Man Will Become the Hunted (2000)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Grief - Come to Grief (1994)
Grief - Torso (1998)

If this blog lasts long enough, I will end up posting Grief's entire discography -- I'm already halfway there -- because they are, with the possible exception of Eyehategod, the greatest sludge band of all time.

Track listing:
1. Predator
2. I Won't Come Back
3. If the World Was Flat
4. Ostrich
5. Hurricane Jello
6. Down in the Dumps Again
7. No Escape
8. When Rotten Ideas Break Free

No more pollution
No more toxic waste
The solution?
Kill the human race

You'd also enjoy:

Iron Monkey -
Our Problem (1998)

Brainoil -
Brainoil (2003)

Grief - Torso (1998)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Grief - Come to Grief (1994)

More hateful, miserable, narcotized sludge from the masters thereof. As the guy who put out my old band's LP wrote in the lil' promo blurb: "Get high, burn down the system, and fuckin' kill yourself."

Track listing:
1. I Hate Lucy
2. Polluted
3. Amorphous
4. Life Can Be...
5. To Serve and Neglect
6. Beyond Waste
7. Tar

If there's life in outer space
Take me away from this place
Beam me up, I'll volunteer
It can't be much worse than here

You should also check out:

Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs in E Minor (1991)

Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey (1997)

Grief - Come to Grief (1994)

When I posted 16's Zoloft Smile the other day, I mentioned the two main types of sludge: hardcore-influenced, groove-packed, and mosh-friendly; and slow, crusty, and extremely depressing. This is the latter. It's Grief's second and best album, and depending on how you process these things, it will either make or ruin your day.

Track listing:
1. Earthworm
2. Hate Grows Stronger
3. World of Hurt
4. I Hate You
5. Ruined
6. Fed Up
7. Stricken
8. Come to Grief

I slither in the dirt and mud
Because that's where I belong