Dopesick

Eyehategod | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 2, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B000005HMM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,318 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your salvation from nu-metal crap!, August 11, 2005

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B. Parker "bcsparker" (oh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dopesick (Audio CD)

Wow. I bought this CD on a whim after reading a blurb about it in Blender. It has blown my mind! Lost your job? Girlfriend left you? Eyehategod are there for you.
I've gotten bored with overtly costumed Euro metal (Cradle, Dimmu Borgir, Children of Bodom) and growl-laden Death metal (everyone else). That's why Eyehategod is a revelation. No choral breaks or violins. No Cannibal Corpse-type grunting. Just pure aggression. From the opening scream and breaking glass of "My Name Is God (I Hate You)", these guys have you by the throat. No melody, no strict musical form, just the purity of a riff and a scream. Feedback is used to its utmost. Eyehategod is so merciless with their audible limits, they make The Melvins sound like Yes.
They always manage to stay heavy, even when they never move above mid-tempo. I'm not too familiar with the "sludge" metal genre, but these guys are just awesome. Be warned - this isn't the kind of music you're gonna be able to turn people onto. "It sounds like it was recorded in a garage." "This guy just screams all the time." Screw 'em, it's good to have heaviness for its' own sake. Hold this CD tight, and it will take you through the darkness.
If you are curious about Eyehategod, I strongly recommend this CD. Buy it, play it in your car, and by the third track you'll be screaming into your windshield and running over children. Ah, what fun....
Great CD tray photo, too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just about as misanthropic as one can get, December 29, 2008

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TimothyFarrell22 (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dopesick (Reis) (Audio CD)

In 1996, metal, alternative, and nu-metal were all huge. Despite all this, EyeHateGod had no chance of commercial appeal. The New Orleans sludge metal quintet were just about as misanthropic, nihilistic, and flat out depressing as one could get. For a mainstream who thought Korn sounded as if they were going through a lot of pain, EyeHateGod would no doubt send them into an emotional turmoil. The guitar work and riffing were always stretched out to the point of no return, almost like Black Flag played at a tenth the speed. The bass droned ad infinite, making the listener stuck in the group's living hell. The drummer is always in the background, but aware of the right speeds for every song. The vocal work by Michael D. Williams is one of the most easily distinctive in all of metal. Metal is a genre known for often indecipherable vocals, but Williams are possibly the most unintelligible out of them all. Seriously, it sounds as if the man is speaking in his own painful language most of the time.

"Dopesick", while not my favorite album from the group (that'd be "Take As Needed For Pain"), is probably their definitive statement. It's certainly the most well recorded, as many of their earlier records are hampered by poor sound quality. As for the songs themselves, they're what one can expect from the group, with occasionally a catchy riff surfacing here and there (particularly the Sabbath-like "Dixie Whiskey"). Again, Williams' vocals are obscure as always, but song titles such as "My Name Is God (I Hate You)" and "Anxiety Hangover" give the listener an idea of what hes talking about. Ultimately, this is the kind of metal record which separates the men from the boys. Mall core poseurs wearing Mudvayne and Disturbed tee-shirts will be left terrified at the recording. However, those with a taste for the more extreme sides of American metal or even old school hardcore really need to own this. Its one of the best metal albums of the 90s.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sludge True To The Core..., June 28, 2002

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Mental Concept (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dopesick (Audio CD)

I have to admit, I have not always been an Eyehategod fan. But after listening tho Down's 'Nola' (one of the finest recrodings ever) I had to check them out. So I bought this. Holy Sh-t. This is just perfection in every sense of the word. This has got to be one of the best records of all time. The guitars, the vocals, the bass, the everything about this band is just perfect. Though I have bought 3 more Eyehategod albums since this one, they don't quite mach up with it. I mean songs like "Zero Nowhere" (my personal favorite), "Methanphetamine", "Ruptured Heart Theory" and "Non Conductive Negative Reasoning" are some of the best metal recordings of all time. There is no way in hell that this album should be passed up. I would recomend this to everybody. Rock on...

-MC