Black Elk – Always a Six, Never a Nine

• Black Elk . Always a Six, Never a Nine
• 2008 . USA
• Crucial Blast records
• post-hardcore.noise rock.sludge rock

“Then Black Elk came one with a ferocious attack with a punk/metal hybrid sound.”

“They’re like The Jesus Lizard meets Slayer. They are super heavy with lots of slow-burn changes with a steady drumbeat backdrop. The singer, Tom who’s also in Lopez, is crazy good with tons of screaming and jumping around and is strangely charismatic. The drummer puts the hammer down with some of the best drumming I’ve witnessed and the bass and guitar play off of each other like they’ve been doing it forever.”

“Heavy and weird, like an odd pairing of your favorite metal and post-punk sensibilities.”

“One minute they’re a big screaming mess of lowly yelped vocals, the next a giant metal pain in the ass with agonized vocalizations.”

“Black Elk was face-ripping killer. …more energy than I`ve seen from anybody in quite a while…awesome songs, tons of sludge, all kinds of throat-tearing screaming, and lotsa punk-sludge energy a la Eyehategod/Cable.”

“For the Jesus Lizard fan that can palate a bit more screaming and heavy metal crunch in their diet comes the cleverly named Black Elk.”

“…this fearsome foursome bash out hard party anthems that meld Black Flag attitude with Melvins sheer tonnage.”