Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal

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Many climate experts believe that if average global temperatures increase by more than 2C above pre-industrial levels, then positive feedback loops mean that we will face the existential risk of catastrophic and irreversible climate change. Doomed to Fail is very comprehensive with the chapters on Floor/Cavity and Harvey Milk being the highlights for me regarding the 'sludge' sub genre. To be a failure is a status that – negatively, yet decisively – shapes the way we think about ourselves and our world, about the meaning of our lives and what makes us properly human.

And thankfully he touches on most of the important psychedelic and proto-doom bands like Coven, Pentagram, Wicked Lady, Iron Claw, Dust, etc. All Doom Heads, get your hands on this and be prepared to cheat on your sleep, family and jobs to finish it as soon as possible. This is a good book that in my opinion could have been just as good if it were two-thirds the length.It’s considered, its foundational, it’s long term and – most importantly – it’ll mean our content cuts through. A bit more on the critical radar are women like Zola Jesus, Emma Ruth Rundle, Anna von Hausswolff, Lingua Ignota, Spellling and Circuit des Yeux, Its influence can arguably be heard in some of Billie Eilish’s music. I think it is better to put our energies into what could work, than what won’t work because someone has already decided our fate.

Definitely didn’t need half a page on Lord Of The Rings characters, or how dumpy Fresno is (a city which no band mentioned in this book is from). He also clouds the water by referring to the same bands as touchstones in different sections which doesn’t really help the neophyte reader. I’ve got time for Flipper, mid-period Black Flag and Melvins, but I can’t say I’ve spent a lot of quality time with Eyehategod, Grief, Crowbar, Noothgrush or Primitive Man.It describes situations where we spend a lot of energy to just arrive at the inevitable outcome: failure. g., The Golden State Killer and Chelsea Wolfe), and trying to concoct verbal explanations of music (“Roeder molds his tribal drub into a circular groove that causes further reversion to the lizard brain.