Slough Feg Discography of CDs

Slough Feg albums Arguably no artist was as instrumental in helping to reinvent and reestablish the San Francisco heavy metal scene -- formerly the unchallenged birth-place of thrash -- into one of the planet's most eclectic and unpredictable, than vocalist/guitarist Mike Scalzi -- a lynchpin of the community, both via his primary vehicle, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, and parallel involvement in cult favorites Hammers of Misfortune. But, having abruptly announced his dissociation from Hammers, Scalzi appears fully focused ...

Slough Feg music CDs SLOUGH FEG has the ability of progressing further year after year, tour after tour, album after album. Where this ability comes from it's easy to say, it can be simply found in their perseverance, in their normality somehow, in their being true a belief: to play HEAVY METAL MUSIC outside of schemes, of momentary trends.The cover artwork, by American cartoonist James E. Lyle, strengthen this concept, the "Hardworlder" is a man who's been through lot of ...

Slough Feg discography Arguably no artist was as instrumental in helping to reinvent and reestablish the San Francisco heavy metal scene -- formerly the unchallenged birth-place of thrash -- into one of the planet's most eclectic and unpredictable, than vocalist/guitarist Mike Scalzi -- a lynchpin of the community, both via his primary vehicle, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, and parallel involvement in cult favorites Hammers of Misfortune. But, having abruptly announced his dissociation from Hammers, Scalzi appears fully focused ...

Slough Feg songs Recording information: Trakworx, South San Francisco, CA. Personnel: Mike Scalzi (vocals, guitar); Angelo Tringali (guitar); Larry Cantwell (drums). Audio Mixer: Justin Weis.

Slough Feg CD discography 2009's Ape Uprising! is Slough Feg's third album since dropping the first half of their moniker (they were formerly known as the Lord Weird Slough Feg); their second since leader Mike Scalzi's creative divorce from longtime sparring partner, guitarist John Cobbett (who departed to focus on his own pet project, Hammers of Misfortune); and the first to see their new lineup really firing on all cylinders. Not that 2005's philosophical back-to-basics, Atavism, nor 2007's sci-fi inspired Hardworlder were remotely wasted efforts, mind you; both were just focused on technical displays of musicianship and interconnected song snippets, more so than the substantial, fully realized songwriting to be found on Ape Uprising! And so, true to its title, "The Hunchback of Notre Doom" finds Slough Feg perfectly at home in unusually deliberate mode before roaring into more archetypal galloping tempos for tracks like "Overborne" and the almost Ted Nugent-like "Shakedown at the Six." Another highlight, "Simian Manifesto," is so reminiscent of Teutonic heavy prog from the early '70s (think Lucifer's Friend, Blackwater Park, Night Sun, etc.) that the imagination actually conjures up phantom organ sounds that aren't really there, as a matter of instinct. Similarly retro (even by Slough Feg standards), the acoustic guitar infused "White Cousin" sounds somewhat displaced, at first, until its Celtic-flavored dual lead harmonies gradually increase familiarity -- especially for fans old enough to remember the Lord Weird days. Having raved about all of this, though, one must admit that the ten-minute tile track does feel decidedly bloated by comparison; and ...

Slough Feg CD discography Personnel: Jesse White (vocals). Track Listing of songs: I-O Captain, My Captain; II-Eleutheria; III-Meta Icognita; IV-Redemption; V-I Am Alive; VI-Leaves of Grass; Mechanismo; KT Event;