As fellow sludge enthusiasts may know, Buzzov*en has been defunct since about 2000, its members dispersing into acts such as Weedeater and Watch Them Die. What is presented on this disc is more aligned with Buzzov*en's punk rock/crust and noise leanings than any of their subsequent outings, something that should be of considerable interest to musical curators in search of sludge�s primal roots.

Buzzov*en is theme music to the seediest underbelly of American life, they are the sound of the American dream going horribly, horribly wrong. They are the soundtrack to American excess taken to the most gratuitous extreme, the audial equivalent of a nightmarish drug binge. Where else could this sadistic sound come from other than the bayous of the South, a perilous swamp of treachery and murder? Buzzov*en, more than any band not named Eyehategod, managed to distill and project this venomous essence with more anguished sincerity than any band I could name. It is my genuine hope that this collector�s item finds itself in stereos the world over. This is a great, lovingly compiled collective, an essential historical document for collectors, as well as a uniquely masochistic experience for newbies.