ULTRALORD -

ULTRALORD - WE HATE YOU AND HOPE YOU DIE - THIS DARK REIGN   
The way Ultralord’s album starts one would think this is a crossover thrash band. There is certainly some of that here, but Ultralord is more about Sludge than thrash metal. The singer sounds close to Blaine of The Accüsed, the title could have come from Anal Cunt and the music is a mix of Black Sabbath from the mid-'70s, Eyehategod and Saint Vitus. The band sounds like it does not care one iota though and judging by the title or the cover artwork, with a decrepit hand sitting in a pentagram giving the finger, that might be a good bet. When the band settles down into an introspective jam the doom metal flows, but We Hate You... is more abrasive, scratchy and raucous to be termed doom metal. - Anna Tergel