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Black Tusk is an American sludge metal band from Savannah, Georgia. The band was formed in 2005, when its members were all living on the same street. With the dissolution of Andrew Fidler (guitar, vocals) and Jonathan Athon (bass, vocals) crust punk band and James May (drums, vocals) street punk band, Andrew and Athon went down the street to James' house and asked him if he wanted to play with them. During the next few days they jammed continuously Read more on Last.fm
Black Tusk is my least favorite of the stellar Savannah metal scene (Baroness, Kylesa, et al), but as the proverbial iron sharpens the iron, they’re still noteworthy to some degree. They definitely out-and-out rock the hardest and are the least ostensibly “arty.” Skip them on tape for now; see them in their element (i.e. live and loud) and make your own call.
I’ve likened Black Tusk to something like stoner metal with a punk aesthetic. ‘Set the Dial’ is really more of the same: rifftastic and energetic, but not necessarily inventive.