This band is admittedly not for everyone, and probably a little dark/twisted (and admittedly pretty weird) for most people, but they probably have the most unique sound to come out of the mid 90s metal scene. From Louisiana they have that Bayou sludge sound mixed with some doom and black metal but have a couple acoustic tracks on each of their albums. Throw in a little grunge, thrash, psychadelic and maybe even some industrial sounds in a few places and you get Acid Bath. I recommend starting with their second album Paegan Terrorism Tactics if you want to check them out. Their first album, When the Kite String Pops is much heavier and probably not the best fit for this crowd. PTT probably has more clean vocals than anything else.

I have never listened to a band that I think can really make you feel kind of creeped out or kind of uncomfortable but in a good way, but several of their songs can honestly transport you to some ****ty old southern Louisiana swamp.

The singer has a pretty incredible vocal range and is a legit crooner and went on to do a lot of solo stuff afterwards but doesn't really do anything anymore. He can go from screaming to some incredible clean vocals and back incredibly quickly. They thanked the ghost of Roy orbison in their liner notes which I find funny. I think any fans of grunge will love his vocals. Dax Riggs is his name.

They broke up after thwir bassist was killed by a drunk driver. Unfortunately their record label, rotten records, has a hard on for their stuff being up online and it is super hard to find their stuff streaming, but can be done with enough searching. I would have done some real digging but I am out in the middle of the ocean right now and my internet is lacking, but wanted to post about them while they are on my mind.

Here are their 2 albums. Some may recognize the artwork. Funnily, if you watch the street fighter movie, Raul Julia's character has a knockoff of the clown painting in his lair, which is absolutely freaking hilarious if you know what the painting is.

Seems vaguely familiar....any connection with Crowbar/eyehategod etc from the Nola 90s scene?

Yea same scene. I think they played a lot with eyehategod and actually went on some pretty decent tours although I can't recall specofocally who at this time. Acid bath was from Houma so not far from Nola, obviously. Their guitarist sammy went on to be a founding member of goat***** but dax went in a much more mellow direction and his stuff is really great. He has an amazing voice. Good to see someone else that has knowledge of that era.

Crowbar is one of my favorite bands that I dont listen to much anymore for whatever reason. All I had I gave has one of the heaviest breakdowns of all time. So glad I got to see crowbar live.

I will say that I would be happy to send anyone these two albums once I get back to decent internet with the caveat that you buy it if you dig it.

Sounds painful.

I love all kinds of messed up music, will check it out

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I love all kinds of messed up music, will check it out

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If you, or anyone, is going to check it out I REALLY recommend listening to the whole albums because one song may make you think they are a certain kind if band just to find out they are something completely different when you listen to another track. It is best to listen to the entire album. IMO, of course.

Crowbar got mentioned in one of my group chats the other day kinda outta nowhere, seeing this + that just made me think there's some weird stuff in the air.

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StinkyPinky said:

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I love all kinds of messed up music, will check it out

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If you, or anyone, is going to check it out I REALLY recommend listening to the whole albums because one song may make you think they are a certain kind if band just to find out they are something completely different when you listen to another track. It is best to listen to the entire album. IMO, of course.

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Definitely will

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Crowbar got mentioned in one of my group chats the other day kinda outta nowhere, seeing this + that just made me think there's some weird stuff in the air.

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It is kind of crazy how things like that seem to happen in pairs or sets of 3. There was about 3 or 4 years nearly 20 years ago where I listened to "sonic excess...." nightly to fall asleep. No chance I could do that now haha. Great album though. The Lasting Dose is an incredible song. You should probably give them a spin for old times sake.

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StinkyPinky said:

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I love all kinds of messed up music, will check it out

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If you, or anyone, is going to check it out I REALLY recommend listening to the whole albums because one song may make you think they are a certain kind if band just to find out they are something completely different when you listen to another track. It is best to listen to the entire album. IMO, of course.

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I really liked it. Reminds me a lot of Soilent Green as well. Definitely heavy on the NOLA blues/sludge/doom sound. I do like how the singer (Daxx) has a unique voice with range so definitely gives it lots of depth. Like you said, they show quite a range from different song styles. Rhythm section reminds me a lot of Carcass and Lamb of God. Also here some occasional Ministry riffs in there as well. I also checked out Daxx solo stuff which I really liked as well. Great suggestions.

Awesome that makes me very happy you checked it out and liked it. I've been listening to them for 15ish years but for some reason I am on a bender of their stuff lately so figured I would make a post. I listen to PTT in the gym a LOT.

For anyone else that wants to check out dax's stuff:

https://www.daxriggs.com

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Awesome that makes me very happy you checked it out and liked it. I've been listening to them for 15ish years but for some reason I am on a bender of their stuff lately so figured I would make a post. I listen to PTT in the gym a LOT.


For anyone else that wants to check out dax's stuff:

https://www.daxriggs.com

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I hear a ton of Alice In Chains (and some Stone Temple Pilots) influence in his solo stuff.

And for others don't make the mistake I made. There is a House Music band by the name Daxx that I originally thought was him at the very first and thought WTF! That was a huge genre shift

I think you did a pretty good job of picking out some influence and similarities to other bands in this thread. What is wild is they all go in to one band and it all works together to make some very unique music.

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Yea same scene. I think they played a lot with eyehategod and actually went on some pretty decent tours although I can't recall specofocally who at this time. Acid bath was from Houma so not far from Nola, obviously. Their guitarist sammy went on to be a founding member of goat***** but dax went in a much more mellow direction and his stuff is really great. He has an amazing voice. Good to see someone else that has knowledge of that era.

Crowbar is one of my favorite bands that I dont listen to much anymore for whatever reason. All I had I gave has one of the heaviest breakdowns of all time. So glad I got to see crowbar live.

I will say that I would be happy to send anyone these two albums once I get back to decent internet with the caveat that you buy it if you dig it.

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I've been on an eyehategod kick lately." Breastfed from a dog" has to be one of the best opening lyric in metal.

At the haunted museum in vegas last weekend and they had the original Pogo the Clown painting and an x/200 signed Kevorkian print of like 6 of his paintings including the album cover. So sick. Best part of the museum.

Also listening to them right now at the gym.