eyehategod is awesome, but a little inconsistent. some of their songs really kinda go nowhere, to which you're saying, "um but isnt it sludge?!" yeh, some parts just kinda drag and the vocals get really grating.
Iron Monkey takes the best parts of EHG, tunes down a little more, thickens the gain and trims the too-slow shit out. the first album also gets bonus points for allegedly being the soundtrack to Phil Anselmo's heroin overdose!
fans of Acid Bath and Grief would probably dig both