Overall A Senile Animal is a tick more well-behaved than Filth Pig, but don't misconstrue that either - this is a lethal dose of mid-tempo doom rock that's as much a deconstructive gear in the public works as anything else you could think of, unless Dookie is the best you can come up with, not that anyone who actually takes the time to read this fucking awesome webzine still thinks Green Day is worth anything.   Full text...

For the past 20 years the Melvins have been unleashing their murky hybrid of metal and hardcore punk to create some of the most interesting and twisted heavy rock to ever have been made. A Senile Animal is no exception to this rule and in fact to its credit is a lot more focused than some of the band's more recent output.  Full text...

Enter the Melvins, a band whose cultural cache is due almost entirely to its ability to defy expectations. Or perhaps it should be called the Melvins v2.0, since the band's two longtime members (guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover) are joined here by Hydra Head's resident bass/drum two-piece Big Business (bassist Jared Warren and drummer Coady Willis).  Full text...

This doesn't sound like the Crover and Buzzo show: They've given full partnership to their Seattlite brothers in arms, turning out a group effort, often in the figurative and literal sense. It's a succinct and satisfying 41 minutes, and as a taste of things to come, here's hoping that seconds and thirds are on the way.   Full text...

Expect the unexpected: A Senile Animal replaces Stoner Witch as "the Melvins album most apt to please the normal metalhead".  Full text...

The release of A Senile Animal marks a new peak for the Melvins. Coming in the midst of a resurgent interest in Sabbath and their greasy be-lock-ed head-banging ilk, the Melvins’ snarling dirges sound more prescient than they have—or will—for the next decade.  Full text...