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The sweltering scuzz punk emitted from the bowels of Black Earth would make Josh Homme wish he had never left the California desert. Ballz Deep is as raunchy and volatile as one would hope, with fuzzy guitar time bombs erupting in canyon-sized grooves, while Jason Reece marks the trail of dead from behind the kit.
This article appears in April 11 • 2008.
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