Cavity
Supercollider


4.0
excellent

Review

by ScotchBonnet CONTRIBUTOR (31 Reviews)
July 14th, 2021 | 8 replies


Release Date: 1999 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Pummelled by riffs

Released in 1999, "Supercollider" is the fourth studio album by American sludge metal/hardcore punk outfit Cavity. As one would expect from a sludge recording, thick and meaty blues influenced riffs are very abundant and continually assault the listener with very little respite – no complaints from me of such assault as I am a bit of a masochist for being abusively flattened the heaviest of riffs as I imagine many others are. Another common sludge trait consistent with this release is the almost constant use of ear piercing guitar feedback.

Although sludge by definition is influenced by punk, I feel this album showcases a more punk tinged sound than most other sludge I am familiar with. For example, the vocals in the first track remind me of a more violent version of Bruce Loose from massively influential San Francisco punk outfit Flipper before becoming much rougher and harsher for much of the remainder of the album. A further example of this would be the average track length which is much shorter than most metal tracks with only 4 of the 11 tracks breaking the 4 minute mark and 5 tracks not reaching 3 minutes.

Elements of Stoner rock/metal are also exhibited in a few moments such as “Taint and Abandon” which features the same riff throughout and after opening with nice calm stonerish vibes, suddenly blasts everyone listening with a sludge soaked version of the same riff. Other tracks such as “Threshold” and “How Much Lost” conjurer up delightful memories of the stoner metal/desert rock of Kyuss which I now realise I must refresh myself with as a matter of urgency.

Overall, I would say this an essential riff-fest of an album for anyone who enjoys getting down and dirty with a bit of sludge or for anyone who simply enjoys mega powerful riffage in any format.

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ShadowRemains
July 15th 2021


28091 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

damn this finally got a review, quality band/record

Deez
July 15th 2021


10500 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Wow didn't expect a review for this well played..

WatchItExplode
July 15th 2021


10532 Comments


Well this sounds like exactly my shit, nice review

evilford
July 16th 2021


67403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

NICE

Muhlysa
September 14th 2021


406 Comments


Whoa can't believe this has a review. This shit is heavy. Need to jam again.

Jurtz
September 10th 2023


3170 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Great stuff

Jurtz
September 11th 2023


3170 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Groovy as a motherfather

IAmScott
December 9th 2024


451 Comments


band is groovy indeed, lovin this



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