In The Name Of Suffering

Good record. Play very loud!

Amazing sound quality and some of their best songs(Hit A Girl,Left To Starve,Children of God) You wont be dissappointed. Their 1st cd Re-released with some demos off of *Southern Discomfort

With this band. Opinions are opinions and I heard bad reviews about this cd. But if you like ehg, get this bitch. You'll dig it.

Very Good CD.

Cd is awesome my original copy from years ago got scratched wanted to replace it, buy it it's a great cd

When I'm trying to rate an album, a big factor I take into account is whether or not I get bored during any part of it, and since I find no such moments on Eyehategod's debut, it's a pretty easy five stars. This band has been all about mood since the beginning, and man do they create some painful moods on this one. The weighty Sabbath riffs, the anxiety-inducing feedback, the tortured vocals, the crushing, plodding beats...I don't really care if some people say they sound too much like the Melvins or other bands on Suffering, because to me the whole album sounds like a perfect example of how heavy sludge can get. EHG is a band borne from dysfunction, and every bit of the angst and despair comes through. Listen to it very, very loud for the best results. As for the reissue, it's much easier to find new than the original, so that's a plus. The cd sounds great, you get the original artwork, liner notes, photos, and "lyrics," plus a message from vocalist Mike Williams. The only reason to go for the original is if you're a collector. This version does have several demo tracks, but they are extremely raw. They sound like they were recorded on an old handheld tape recorder about 200 feet away. I guess they're interesting to hear, but the sound is so rough that I don't listen to them very often. Still, if you're not a purist who absolutely needs an original copy, you'll be happy with the reissue, as the album itself is intact.

I am not surprised that the reviews are so polarized. 15 years after its release, this remains one of the most challenging albums ever recorded. Musically simple -even naive- the brilliance of this record is the way it captures the tragic aesthetic of the trailer park. This is a terrifying, agonizing record about poverty, racism, drug addiction, and spousal abuse. Unlike the dungeons and dragons crap that seems to obsess most heavy metal bands, EHG forces the listener to a very real world of toothless methheads, broken veterans, bad acid trips and redneck superstitions. It's every bit as ugly as punk bands like Man Is The Bastard or Drop Dead, but (unlike those bands) there's also a musicality here that sticks with you. ITNOS crosses the monstrous heaviness of the Melvins with the raw sloppiness of early Black Flag, but under it all is a solid foundation of classic bluesy southern rock. The second album, "Take as Needed for Pain" is better, but just barely. And, for my money, Mike Williams is the best frontman in the history of punk. Like GG Allin, he was (and is) constantly getting injured, wasted, and incarcerated. But, like Bukowski, his self-destruction is self-conscious and highly literate. Williams grins back at the abyss with a cheerful enthusiasm, as if to say: "you can't hurt me as much as I can." Through the chaos, EHG has barely been able to put out a record every 5 years, and I think this earliest work is by far their best. So, I am happy that this record has just been remastered and rereleased. The production was always pretty good for a record of this kind, but the remaster totally blows out the low-end. The reissue also includes the band's 1990 demo, the original versions of four tracks that were rerecorded for this record. These are mostly of historical interest, since they sound like they were recorded from single clock radio speaker. Still, that's sort of this band's style, so diehards will be pleased.

Bought it for a friend but not for me so I have to only give it 3 stars on my friend's thinking. Sorry.

1990 beschworen EyeHateGod zum ersten Mal den Weltuntergang herauf. Alles beginnt mit einem Walking Bass in den sich schnell die bandtypischen Übersteuerungen der E-Gitarre hineinschleichen bis Mike Williams seinen kehligen Krächtz- und Schreigesang anstimmt. Depress heißt das erste Stück und weißt direkt den Weg auf, tiefer Stoneranleihen hinter dennen Kyuss locker Platz nehmen könnten, ein schleppend grobkörnig doomiges voranschreiten der Songs nur unterbrochen von kurzen Hardcoreausbrüchen und noisigen Übersteuerungen. Stets begleitet von den wütenden Schreien eines Mike Williams und einiger Charles-Manson-Samples. Viele werfen der Band das absolute zelebrieren dieser selbstzerstörerischen Weltanschauung vor. Dieses Musik als nihilistisch zu betiteln wäre beschönigend. Drogen, Hass, Depression ' die Welt von Jim Bower und Mike Williams ist nicht schön. Sie ist dreckig, gewalttätig, süchtig und schäbig. Sie ist kein bunt behangenes Mardi Gras, sondern reine New Orleans Slumkost aus Prostitution, Drogenkonsum und Kneipenschlägereien, das ist die einzig wahre Vertonung eines Sin City Comics . So war die Welt anscheinend immer für EHG und Lichtblicke sucht man in diesem Meer aus Zerstörung vergebens. Ja, wenn man will, kann man der Band das vorwerfen. 'In the Name of Suffering' schuf diesen Stil der heute als Sludge durchgeht, die Nähe zu frühen Crust Sachen ist unverkennbar und dennoch, 'in the Name of Suffering' war direkt mehr. Noise und Stoner hatten im Crust nichts verloren. Das hier ist eine Mischung aus Black Flag und Black Sabbath in ihren dunkelsten und hässlichsten Stunden. Depress, Shinobi, Godsong(dieser Charles-Manson-Samplesong ist grandios), Children of God, Hostility Dose, Hit a Girl. Alles irrsinnig gute Songs welche die Wut des Hardcores mit der Schwere des Dooms zu einem undurchdringlichen Moloch aus Drogen, Hass und Depression verschmelzen. Und wenn hier von Drogen die Rede ist, ist nicht das Hippiezeugs gemeint, sondern, der Kram der einen tatsächlich umbringt. Während ich grade Shinobi höre frage ich mich wie viel Blut Williams nach einem Konzert wohl spucken mag... 'in the name of suffering' war die Geburt des Sludge und mindestens bis zur Dopesick (Re-Issue+Bonus) das vollkommenste Album des Genres. Crowbars Obedience Thru Suffering kam knap darauf, war jedoch noch lange nicht so kompromisslos wie EHG.

great fast

スラッジコアの雄、ＥＹＥＨＡＴＥＧＯＤのデビューアルバム。 ＢＬＡＣＫ ＳＡＢＢＡＴＨ流のリフとハードコアパンクの性急さを見事に融合させた好盤。 ジミ－・バウアーのギターノイズの向こうに、ブルーズが見え隠れする。 続く、２ｎｄ、３ｒｄでさらに音が進化、濃縮していく。

ein wahrer hörgenuss, ausgefeilte melodien treffen auf einen glasklaren wunderschönen gesang. es ist für jedermann eine seelische erquickkung dieser cd zu lauschen.