Dr Slaggleberry eh? …Just listen to the latest offering ‘The Slagg Factory’ from these three technical London noiseniks, and you will realise that what initially seems a totally absurd name is actually rather fitting with the music… strange with a huge stamp of professional authority.
Formed in 2008 Dr S. were initially 3 drummers, two of which then taught themselves guitar. As a result Dr Slaggleberry evolved from a bunch of skin smashers to an experimental jazz-metal monster, leaving stamps and traces of their tub-thumping rhythmic heritage throughout their musical adventure.
In short ‘The Slagg Factory’ is 22 minutes of controlled insanity. Right from the opener ‘Feed Me A Stray Cat’ you know you have an intricate but well crafted beast on your hands. Cascading polyrhythms and atonal riffing overlaying somewhat understated jazz backbeats form the basis of the trio. Their sense of rhythm is superbly precise whilst still seeming aloof with much of the guitar work, but you wouldn’t expect anything less originating from three drummers. The opening track promises complete insanity to explode throughout the album as the jazz based boundaries are tested.
Compare this EP to trekking through a forest… Dr Slaggleberry should be taking us on a mystery tour exploring every inch, even climbing some of the trees, but this EP only covers about half the area and offers a bit too much of a direct route across from one side to another.
Tis a little bit my kind of thing!!
loving this band 🙂
progressive industrial hillbilly metal