KLSU Grammy Category:

"Best Local Band Besides Thou."

A glimpse into our home life via Mad Rad Hair.

"I just used to be around them everyday. I hate one of the kids in that band so bad, plus they took over my friend Fletchers house when he went to teach in Korea which made me sad. They play shows at my friends houses all the time. If you feel like hanging out with a bunch a of real shitheads go to BR and see them a few times a month."

This guy gives Malfeasance / Retribution a half star out of five stars.

"Kinda shitty. I remember when these kids wanted to sound like Acid Bath... I guess that was before playing crappy little kid Sludge got cool. At least their logo got better, I guess."

Precious gemstones off of the Stoner Rock messageboard.

"I thought sludge was ebbing away, but these guys reaffirmed my faith. Lead singer's eyes were bugging out of his head with manic intensity while he screamed-- he's a believer."

"Yeah, I was talking to Bryan (vocals) on myspace, and all he did was answer my questions as simple and brief as possible. He didn't say 'thanks for your interest' or anything of that nature. He resembles a dork, but nothing could be further from the truth."

"They stayed with my friend after a show, and he said they were super-serious about everything. At some point, they needed something, and were visibly angry at his suggestion that Wal-Mart was right down the street. They're also very young, I think.  He swears they told him they tune to F, on Epiphones. That seems impossible, heh. I have Peasant and the EP, and they rule.  Another interesting thing was that they were pretty diverse in their musical interests...I think a few of the guys didn't really even listen to doom / sludge."

"Rednecks too. Which I think is awesome personally. Nothing says redneck more than a beard, long hair and a flannel shirt."

"Tyrant is good, Peasant is ok. flavour of the month - it won't last."

Communiqué of Typhon.

"Lets start this one off rightly so, by first stating: I dwell on the fringe cliffs of the Kingdom of Sanity. Perhaps I am off mark, but I believe the keyhole I am looking through unlocks the proper door even if I cannot see the room. Why dredge rivers of time for the corpses of strangers? You are attempting Shit to Gold without first understanding Mercury, Sulphur, and Salt.

I do not believe myself to be alive, I do not believe myself to be a man, even a dead man. Do you understand these implications?

Please allow all the lowly Flies to attempt to lay their young in This. For the sake of beauty of Life. Even though the Soil belongs to a King."

Show review of 10.13.08 in Richmond.

"Then came Thou. I wasn't going to go to the show until Thou added. Was slightly disappointed they didn't have all of their amps with them (they used Saviours except for the bass cabinet). They only played three songs in their 30 minute set, but each song was like taking a new journey. Bryan, the vocalist, sat quiet for most of the night before their set. When they started to play, it was like nothing I have ever heard before. Not excruciatingly loud, but the heaviest sludge I have ever heard in my entire life. I stood front and center as Brian screamed into my face almost the entire set. His eyes spewed hatred, disgust, and anger. I don't think I've seen something more disturbing in my life. Not what he looked like, he is a very nice looking man, but the way he looked at everyone while performing. The emotion in his vocals as well as his delivery, his swaying back and forth, almost falling over because of how deep he was getting into the songs, the piercing look, all brought it together. Apparently the guitarist that offered me sushi (dearly sorry I forget his name at the moment) found the guitar he used to play with and restored it. It was an epiphone. Yellow. With a bell curve at the top. And about 40 holes drilled through it. The other guitarist looks like my friend Pat, but that is a different story. Their set went from heavy, to atmospheric, to heavily atmospheric, to heavy, to crushing. The last song they played actually wasn't that slow at all. It faded in and out of a huge riff with some awesome atmospheric black metal drumming, while the guitarist that looked like Pat tremolo picked over top of the rhythm. HUGE is all I can use to describe their sound. Oh, and their merch guys are nice too."

After we played in Chicago in June of 2008.

"I drove my mom home from work today, and I put on the Peasant CD.  First my mom said it was 'whale music.'  Then she said, 'Oh great, now the devil is singing. Desmond, he sounds like the devil.'  And theeeeen, 'I feel like I have to go to church now to save my immortal soul.  Why doesn't someone just put him out of his misery?'  Mind you, this is all in the time span of about 15 minutes."

On Tyrant.

"So I have finally received your LP with the lyrics, art, and everything I hadn't seen before.  I just have to say, I'm absolutely appalled, disgusted, and fucking pissed. What is wrong with you people?  I am very unhappy I ever released that tour edition CDr of your band, even though none of your fucked up artwork made it in our release. What your band represents completely misrepresents our record label and our personal beliefs and feelings towards the afterlife, god, and Jesus Christ. Why would you depict Jesus being being tortured and call him a tyrant? Are you not aware that Jesus Christ was executed by a tyrannical government? Who's the fucking tyrant? Are you not aware the people in power here in this country and others have bloodlines tracing back to these tyrants. The assholes in power are the tyrants who do their work in the name of 'God.' Whose God? Their God. They all serve Satan. Have you ever seen the Masonic symbols? Government serves Satan, government killed Jesus Christ, and they've deceived you all with pagan catholic ritual to believe that it is God who is to blame for all the fucked up things that go on in this world. God is not a tyrant, man is the tyrant. You make me fucking sick. I knew you people rubbed me the wrong way. Bottom line is, I am extremely disappointed I helped out your band, and I definitely won't be doing anything with your band in the future."