In the Scathe post I mentioned what I consider the first wave of heavy hardcore bands in Tucson in the early 90s, (as compared to the fast hardcore bands like Malignus Youth, American Deathtrip, Ice 9 etc.) but I forgot to mention Slag and they were the heaviest. They were really more metal than hardcore and they couldn’t get their records reviewed in Maximum Rock N’ Roll because they were “too metal.” This record is ugly and hate filled with tortured vocals supplied by the whole band, but there are occasional guitar breaks that are kind of melodic, then the rest of the band comes in and crushes all that. Kind of like slower Buzzoven songs with a second guitar player doing occasional melodic riffs. They even play mid-tempo and grind-core fast at times. Guitar player Jerid had played in Groundwork prior to this band. When Slag split up Jerid and bass player Brian would form Absinthe and drummer Nathan and guitarist Marty would form Hobart. Recorded by Iscariot drummer Mark Wyner and released on Ryan Butler’s (Landmine Marathon, Unruh, Wellington, Arcane Recording Studio) Fetus Records.
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