Pagan Terrorist Tactics

Acid Bath | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 29, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rotten
• ASIN: B0000017CJ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,584,209 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Paegen Love Song

2. Bleed Me an Ocean

3. Graveflower

4. Diäb Soulé

5. Locust Spawning

6. Old Skin

7. New Death Sensation

8. Venus Blue

9. 13 Fingers

10. New Corpse

11. Dead Girl

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Hypnotic, Moving, Scary..., September 18, 2006

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C. Smith - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Paegan Terrorism Tactics (Audio CD)

There's no need for comparisons here. Acid Bath did not sound like Soundgarden, and Dax Riggs does not sound like Chris Cornell. Both were good bands with talented frontman but the comparisons are rather feeble. They were both heavy bands interested in the darker side of psychedelia, but it doesn't go any farther than that.

Now then, Paegan Terrorism Tactics is one of the best albums of the 1990's. The songwriting is at an extremely high level here, well-constructed and well-played. It's impossible for me to *not* get lost in the glorious atmosphere of this music. Call it doom metal, psych-rock, grunge, goth, heavy blues... it doesn't matter, like all great music this transcends stylstic boundries and music critic vocabulary. The only thing that matters is the music itself, and the music is undoubtedly great.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars death/doom/blues/psychedelic/whatever metal, November 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Paegan Terrorism Tactics (Audio CD)

This band's name is appropriate. Definitely sounds like they take a lot of acid. But whether they're on endless drugs or not, they've made a great drug album. This product of the Louisiana swamps is one of those albums that has to be described with lots of slashes: it's death/doom/blues/psychedelic/whatever metal. Lots of sludgy doom riffs, death-style tempo changes and evil lyrics, and an overall bluesy, psychedelic vibe. The vocals are cool, doing a good switch-off between death screaming and sorrowful crooning. Lyrics are lovely poetic evocations of hatred, torture, and death. A great album by a singularly strange band. Unfortunately, bassist Audie Pitre was killed in a car accident after this album came out, leaving the future of the band in doubt.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Psychedelic Bloodbath, December 18, 2004

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Janitor X (The Mountains) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Paegan Terrorism Tactics (Audio CD)

If somebody told you there was an album released almost 10 years ago that was a near flawless masterpiece and you've never heard of it, you probably wouldn't believe them. If the album was so great you would've heard about it by now, right? Normally, that would be true, but not in this case.

For whatever reason, whether it was bad distribution by the record label or the dominating trends at the time, "Paegan Terrorism Tactics" never gained the popularity it should have. The album is on par with greats like "Badmotorfinger" by Soundgarden or "Blues for the Red Sun" by Kyuss or "Lucifuge" by Danzig, only more unique and inventive.

Then again, with a cover by suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian and bizarre and twisted lyrics, maybe it's not such a surprise that this album remained deep underground. But, that's part of the beauty of it. The singer can get away with singing "hey-yeah" as long as the subject matter includes murder. Lines like "I scream, you scream, we all scream for morphine" or "go, go, go! Blood makes the grass grow" gives you an idea of how they use a pop facade to convey generally offensive themes. The irony is part of the magic.

As for the music, it flows perfectly through many stylistic changes and doesn't lose one ounce of power in doing so because everything is placed perfectly. The dualistic vocals are amazing and match the lyrical themes perfectly. Ultra-heavy sludge power chords dominate the album, but they can speed things up before you even know what's going on. Of course, all this would mean nothing if it isn't held together by great riffs, but there are plenty of those also.

Many albums have been called a "psychedelic bloodbath," but this album deserves that description more than any other album. "Paegan Terrorism Tactics" is more proof that you cannot be a legend in your own time.