Noxagt - Turning It Down Since 2001

RYAN:
This is one of those albums that, to me, is great partly because of the band and partly because of the producer. In the past, there have always been bands/producers with this sort of relationship. A perfect example: Steve Albini and pretty much most of the bands he recorded. OK…that is an exaggeration…but that is my way. How about Jesus Lizard, PJHarvey and the Pixies for starters. All of these bands had great albums partially thanks to the producer. (In these cases…the other albums from these bands were sucky). AAANYWAY, this Noxagt album is produced by Billy Anderson. I did not know this until after listening to the record…but I should have known. This guy has done records with some of my all time faves…Melvins, Sleep, High On Fire, etc. and the magic is still there.
Turning It Down Since 2001 is some heavy shit. Consisting of just 3 instuments (drums, bass and viola) Noxagt does damage. I have seen and heard comparisons to Lightning Bolt and the like but I really hear more Sleep and High On Fire in there. Here are certainly some tracks that are more noise than metal and vice versa, but on the whole this is a sludgy, rocking record.
Recommended.