Raging Speedhorn – We Will Be Dead Tomorrow (2004)

January 12, 2025

We Will Be Dead Tomorrow is everything you could possibly want from a follow-up album. The sound of the band’s debut is built upon and matured into a seriously listenable affair for something that is so dreadfully dark and shouty. From the damnable blasts of “Scrapin’ The Resin” (story of my wasted youth, that) or “Me and You Man”, to the dare I say more introspective numbers such as “Heartbreaker”, We Will Be Dead Tomorrow has a surprisingly breadth of scale for an album that is rooted in the sludge metal subgenre.

Production once again is top notch; perhaps not as crisp as the debut before it but breathing much more naturally. Also, bonus points for “Fuck the Voodooman”, which is one of my favourite songs by any band in any genre. Angry shit! Who is this Voodooman!? What has he done!? Why must we fuck him!? The questions of the universe!