Death lurks in the Louisiana swamps. Floods, hurricanes, disease-spreading bugs, colossal alligators… there are plenty of ways to meet a grizzly end. Such mortal perils made it the perfect spawning ground for a nihilistic, scuzzy new strain of metal in the early 90s.
But while Eyehategod, Crowbar and Soilent Green helped turn New Orleans into the world’s sludge metal capital, arguably the most groundbreaking band to emerge from that scene came from the backwaters of the Bayou State. For all intents and purposes, Acid Bath lived at the end of the world.
