Tuesday, March 11, 2014

New Eyehategod Song: "Agitation! Propaganda!"

In the aftermath of losing founding drummer Joey Lacaze, Louisiana sludge metal band Eyehategod has decided to get a new drummer and forge on. Although it is undoubtedly tough for the band losing a longtime core member, they have soldiered storms before, such as hurricane Katrina, as well as heroin addiction. While fans are all devastated by the loss of Lacaze, the band has just presented a sort of “light at the end of the tunnel”: a new song, and the announcement of a new album on May 26. Their new album is certainly going to be a bittersweet affair: the first Eyehategod record of all new material in fourteen years, but also the to feature Joey Lacaze (his drum tracks recorded before he died were used in the recording). All that said, however, the new tune the band just released, “Agitation! Propaganda!,” is stellar. 



It has a strong hardcore vibe rarely seen in the band’s catalogue, similar to their song “Peace Thru War (Thru Peace and War)” (found on the Dopesick album), but also features a sluggish and crushingly heavy slow section at the end, as is customary with Eyehategod. The band had released another song in 2012 (while Lacaze was still alive) called “New Orleans is the New Vietnam” that while being a solid song, had a different approach that seemed more straightforward than the rest of the band’s material and had fans (or at least me, personally) wondering how a new record would sound. But the group’s new song goes straight for the jugular. This gives me newfound hope that despite losing a vital member, Eyehategod will release a stellar and brutally heavy record as always.

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