I can't believe I'm actually holding this. Buzzoven's Revelation:Sick Again was announced to be released almost a fuckin' decade ago, but for some mysterious (apparently legal, label-related) reason, was shelved indefinitely and thought by many (including myself) to be a lost cause, an album that would never see the light of day outside of grotty Mp3 rips. There was a "bootleg" vinyl release of the album that came out a few years ago on a label called Sounds Of The South that I was actually able to get for the shop, but that was super limited and sold out immediately, and the packaging left a lot to be desired. Well, it did finally come out on Hydra Head as was long promised, and now has proper artwork, a deluxe vinyl edition along with a cd version, and if you're a fan of these legendary drug-addled sludge punks from North Carolina, you're probably already zooming in on the "add to cart" button. And man, does this rule. Just as I said when we had that bootleg release in stock, this is a raw, punishing attack from the hatesludge masters that comes snarling off the turntable like a pack of starving, rabid junkies.

Here's the original review I wrote a while back: Revelation: Sick Again was recorded sometime around 2000 by Billy Anderson, with the Kirk/DIxie Dave/Ramset lineup of Buzzoven...I'm not too sure about the details on this as info on this is sorta hard to come by; the album was slated to be released by Hydra Head years ago, but apparently a label that Buzzoven had worked with in the past threatened Hydra Head with legal action if they released Revelation: Sick Again, so this music has been floating around in limbo for years, being traded between hardcore fanatics. This is crucial Buzzoven, eight jams of grisly, noisy sludgepunk, equal parts Black Flag, Black Sabbath, a nasty case of laryngitis, and piles of pills, with the songs "Never, Never Again", "Fast", "Kakkila", "V So", "Live", "Junkie", "Lose", "Porch Monkey", and "Drying Out". All splattered with sound bites and fucking nasty feedback, with that swampy swagger that their brethren in Eyehategod have, but Buzzoven might be even more diseased and gnarly sounding. This might be due to the raw as fuck recording here, but it sounds completely brutal, and anyone that's followed Buzzoven since their early releases know that these guys are totally for real, total nihilist drug fiends with riffs that can kill squares on sight. The center label itself states �All words and lyrics are merely thoughts and ramblings during periods of frustration, depression, hopelessness, drug induced misery and confusion, and like always are subject to change anytime without notice.� If you're a fan like us, this is an essential fix from the kings of bilious Southern violence.