Annotations Of An Autopsy – Welcome To Sludge City (2007)

September 7, 2022

Mashing slam and death metal with the boisterousness of the UK hardcore scene, AOAA exploded onto the underground circuit with this EP. I remember being a little pissed off at all the core and emo kids all of a sudden being into heavy shit (I was a battle-jacket wearing dickhead back then), but I was also low-key super into the slams, bro. Especially after seeing these guys live.

Some of the lyrics have aged like milk (“drinking and fighting, that’s how we roll!” or my absolute favourite cringe-moment “when I’m done with you, you won’t have a cunt left!” being chanted by like 6 guys or whatever) but the production is solid and this is far chuggier than what would come on the band’s debut album.