They've been dead for a couple of years now, but Brainoil's sole album from 2003 still stands as one of the finest slabs of scab n' scum encrusted boogie

sludge of the decade, and I'm finally getting this killer self-titled disc in stock for you sludgefreaks that haven't picked this up yet. Featuring an all-

lifer lineup that included members of Watch Them Die, Grimple, Lana Dagales, Destroy!, and Nigel Pepper Cock, I remember thinking that Brainoil were like a

West Coast version of Buzzoven when they were around, they had that dreadlocked crustpunk look but served up meaty Southern rock riffs dripping with tar

resin that would suddenly erupt into blasts of fast paced hardcore aggression. Massive bluesy downtuned riffs and ripping solos, super rocking and catchy and

gnarly, like a meth'd up Eyehategod with trickier riffs than you might expect, with a lead singer who sounds even more destroyed than Mike Williams. The disc

is only 21-some minutes long, but every track is a crusher. For some reason, Brainoil were largely overlooked by the sludge/doom/crust scene when they were

around, which is weird seeing as how they consistently wrote songs that were alot catchier than most of the stuff comin' out at the time. Think Buzzoven,

High On Fire, Weedeater, and Eyehategod - these guys were just as great. The album features cover art from Oakland's Judd Hawk, and the CD version contains

extra video footage of live shows and a music video.