The Maggot

by Melvins

The Maggot cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 May 1999
  • Label: Ipecac
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:58
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Kevin Rutmanis, King Buzzo, Dale Crover

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Part of a sprawling trilogy, 'The Maggot' highlights the Melvins at their most dense, repetitive, and aggressively heavy. The album is an uncompromisingly raw sludge metal assault that incorporates angry, psychedelic feedback and slow-moving doom structures.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, sludge, sludgy, distorted, Riff-Driven

Tracklist

  1. Amazon - Part 1 (0:52)
  2. Amazon - Part 2 (0:51)
  3. Amazon - Part 3 (2:50)
  4. Amazon - Part 4 (2:53)
  5. We All Love Judy - Part 1 (1:14)
  6. We All Love Judy - Part 2 (1:18)
  7. Manky - Part 1 (3:41)
  8. Manky - Part 2 (3:46)
  9. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) - Part 1 (3:26)
  10. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) - Part 2 (3:27)
  11. The Horn Bearer - Part 1 (1:12)
  12. The Horn Bearer - Part 2 (1:14)
  13. Judy - Part 1 (1:17)
  14. Judy - Part 2 (1:19)
  15. See How Pretty, See How Smart - Part 1 (4:28)
  16. See How Pretty, See How Smart - Part 2 (6:04)

Credits

  • Melvins - primary artist, producer
  • Mackie Osborne - artwork [art]
  • Kevin Rutmanis - bass, bass [slide bass], vocals [screaming]
  • Dale Crover - drums, guitar, vocals
  • King Buzzo - music by, lyrics by, vocals, guitar, bass
  • Tim Green - producer
  • Peter Green - music by, lyrics by

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