If you like your blues rock dark and sludgy, Federation X is the band for you. These guys have an off-kilter swagger similar to Jesus Lizard mixed with a bit of the "sick hick" shtick of Killdozer. They also occasionally tread on Sabbath-y sonic territory. There is never any soloing though, and this keeps the music more sinister sounding and prevents it from crossing the line into metal territory.

The music is heavily steeped in blues rock and has a raw, primal sound, and a rusty, post-modern edge keeps it from getting anywhere near boogieville. Things are kept even grottier and more guttural by the fact the trio is made up of two guitarists and a drummer. The songs are dark and black. This is some scary-ass shit.

Oh, this is angry, scary stuff, like clips from a small town newspaper turned into songs about murder and suspected neighborhood Satanic cults. The music is abrasive and angry, while the vocals are muted and staticky and screaming. It's music to rev your chainsaw up to. Oddly enough, Mahatma Ghandi gets credit for writing all these songs, including the one about hunting moose.

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