Artist: Biipiigwan
Album: Nibaak
Label: Sel-Released
Year: 2012
Country: Canada
Genre: Sludge Metal
Biipiigwan are a sludge metal band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This is their debut EP. The band is fronted by Musqwaunquot "Musky" Rice, a Ojibwe Anishinaabe First Nations man, and the band takes their name from the Anishinaabemowin word for "war whistle". The title of this EP translates loosely to "wake up!". The lyrics revolve around traditional teachings and the oppressive systems of colonial governments. Musically, the band's brand of sludge is an all out colossal onslaught, teeming with heavy and powerful riffs that come down on your skull like a mammoth stampede. The band flavors these monolithic dirges with dissonant leads that are more devastating than anything any band from the American south has ever conjured. Across the three songs on this EP Biipiigwan solidify their place in the modern sludge scene, and in my opinion could easily claim throne.
