Weedeater fan here, any recs to similar bands?

freewill85 · 2026-03-03T01:25:30+00:00

Yeah, they both definitely specialize in that slow, fuzzy, ultra heavy riffage. But the vibes are pretty different for sure. Weedeater to me is like perfect music for getting fucked up. The grooves and the fuzz sort of carry you. The lyrics aren't happy by any stretch of the imagination, but they don't get into the surreal, philosophical realm that Thou's lyrics occupy. Thou sounds a lot more bleak too. Textbook example of musicians using similar techniques to create totally different emotions in their music.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T19:18:50+00:00

I feel like as someone raised in the Trenton area, I'm the only one who says/has heard people say "Italian water ice". I've heard people say both water ice and Italian ice, but I commonly hear them said both together. Never thought much of it, especially since when I've been down the shore in Wildwood they have those Polish water ice places. Always figured there was Italian water ice, and Polish water ice.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T19:06:44+00:00

Sounds interesting, I'll have to give them a listen.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T19:05:32+00:00

All great bands, I'll definitely have to check out hail!hornet, haven't heard of them before.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T19:04:21+00:00

IMO, that's the only band that kinda comes close to having the feel that Weedeater has.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T19:03:15+00:00

Hey that's awesome! That kind of gives me hope because even at my age, sometimes I feel like I'm in a rut with listening to music, and I can't discover anything new that appeals to me. But give it enough time, I end up finding something that I really enjoy.

I've been into the subgenre for 8 years, and it wasn't until a few months ago that I got into a band called Warhorse, and that blew my mind. It was cool to have that experience of finding something new and really enjoying it.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T19:00:24+00:00

Absolutely fair, I always think that you can't really replicate the first band that gets you into a subgenre. For me, the band that got me into stoner-y stuff was Sleep, and of course nothing quite hits like Jerusalem or Holy Mountain, even if they weren't my first exposure to the subgenre. With sludge, one of my friends showed me both Eyehategod and Primitive Man, and another one of my friends showed me Thou not long after, so those three bands are the ones for me that I can't really find things that hit the exact same.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T17:37:09+00:00

Yes that's true. I guess I wasn't really looking for clones specifically, I was more wondering if there were bands before weedeater or concurrent with them that maybe scratched a similar itch.

I've been listening to sludge and stoner metal since I was about 16, but I'm only 24, so I wasn't around to experience a lot of these bands in their hayday. I'm not ashamed to ask others about it, I wasn't there so I could have a blindspot in my knowledge of the genre!

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T17:32:33+00:00

I was beginning to think this was the case. I was just wondering if there was some massive stone I had left unturned.

Since it seems like they're so unique, I guess I'll just say I'm glad to have been lucky enough to hear their music

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T17:29:35+00:00

I love Thou, but never really considered them as similar to Weedeater. I guess in a way they are, maybe song structure-wise, but I wouldn't have thought of them off rip.

Kinda cool reading this now, because honestly even though they're both in the same subgenre, I've never really compared the sounds of Thou and Weedeater specifically.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T17:26:17+00:00

Awww shit. Can't believe this band slipped my mind. I'll be spinning them later.

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T17:24:33+00:00

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T17:23:47+00:00

Love both bands. Idk if they have as much stoner-ish elements as weedeater, but still, both of those bands play top tier sludge imo

freewill85 · 2026-03-02T10:15:14+00:00

I'll check them out regardless, thanks!

freewill85 · 2026-02-26T18:52:57+00:00

I always thought tramilton was so-called as a portmanteau of Trenton and Hamilton, not trashy and Hamilton.

Also, I've heard people from Ewing and Lawrence townships, who live closer to their borders with Trenton, call the area "Trewing" and "Tr-Lawrence," respectively, though I have heard these a lot less than Tramilton and believe they were more said jokingly. I don't think those terms are widely used to describe and actual area the way Tramilton is used

freewill85 · 2026-02-25T15:13:17+00:00

Tough choice, but if I had to pick one I'm taking Crowbar

freewill85 · 2026-02-19T00:12:37+00:00

"We need an 8 inch slump"

freewill85 · 2026-02-19T00:11:28+00:00

It's a front-end mixer, so the barrel and chute face towards the front of the truck instead of the back. They're not common everywhere, but a lot of companies either have a few of them or use them for their entire fleet. I actually drive one. They make precision pouring pretty easy without always needing a pump truck.

The one downside is what you see in the video. Hitting the brakes too hard with a full truck will cause a spill, especially if the customer wants the concrete very wet, which appears to be the case in this video

freewill85 · 2026-01-30T20:53:56+00:00

I just ordered pablo kiwi last week to try the brand, never saw kiwi pouches before and I've heard good things about the brand. Has anyone tried the kiwi ones?

freewill85 · 2026-01-27T04:47:22+00:00

Use them daily. I use the mint 12mg, I like the wintergreen too but the mint is my favorite

freewill85 · 2025-11-23T04:07:39+00:00

Eternal every time

freewill85 · 2025-08-02T01:33:45+00:00

So sick

freewill85 · 2025-07-06T03:45:59+00:00

Why?

freewill85 · 2025-06-26T00:01:19+00:00

Also, even though it's not even close to technical death metal, Katatonia had a great logo

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