Crowbar's 2016 offering, "The Serpent Only Lies," is a masterclass in crushing, downtuned despair. This album finds the band delivering their signature sound with uncompromised brutality.
- "The Serpent Only Lies" was recorded and mixed at their home base of New Orleans, Louisiana. The album was produced by Crowbar frontman Kirk Windstein and engineer J.T. Longoria. It charted at number 18 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.
- The album's sound is characterized by its slow, grinding tempos and Windstein's signature guttural vocals. The lyrical themes touch on personal struggles, loss, and resilience, delivered with Crowbar's typical bleakness.
- This release saw Crowbar continuing their legacy within the doom and sludge metal scenes. It followed their 2014 album "Symmetry of Destruction."
Crowbar is a sludge metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana, known for their slow, heavy riffs and introspective lyrics. "The Serpent Only Lies" was released late in their career, following a string of consistently heavy albums.
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