after "esoteric malacology" ticked all the right boxes and the vinyl was on heavy rotation, of course i ventured deeper into the back catalogue of slugdge. i found out that the band released already three full lengths before "esoteric...", all self-released. now the latest album sells quite good on the vinyl format. as "esoteric..." goes into its third press, willowtip records also got a few more vinyl versions of other slugdge records under their belt.
in 2017 the label already released a vinyl edition of slugdge's third full length called "dim and slimeridden kingdoms" from 2015. two colour-ways were made with the most limited being swamp green with black splatter and the lesser limited being transparent yellow. i ordered via amazon again and therefore it was likely that i was going to recieve the yellow version. fine with me because swamp green always tends to look super dark and thus almost black.
musically this album is maybe less technical and shows the main emphasis on the atmosphere. but that is just a minor difference and every tech death fan with a soft spot for sludge metal will love this record from start to finish. again i love the hilarious song titles like "flying snails" (a nod to gojira and their "flying whales") or "the toxic salts" (a nile reference to "the essential salts" is never wrong in my book) and more. such a strong record! 350 copies on toxic piss yellow vinyl. willowtip records. 2017.
