The Melvins News

As the Melvins prepare to celebrate their 30th anniversary with a five week tour they passed through Columbus to play one of three one-off shows scheduled between the Maryland Deathfest , and the Scion Rock Fest .

Earplugs were the hot commodity last night at Jack White's Third Man Records, where avant-sludge alt-rock journeymen the Melvins treated a couple hundred lucky fans to a trance-inducing, hour-long set of punishing volume, pummeling drumming and menacing grunge-metal riffage, which the band cut live to acetate for future release.

Formed in the early '90s, when guitarist Wata, bassist/guitarist Takeshi, and drummer Atsuo met while attending a Tokyo art school, the Japanese experimentalists in Boris have traveled a bewildering path from their early roots as drone/doom merchants.

Released: Apr 30, 2013 Genre: Experimental Rock, Covers Label: Ipecac Number Of Tracks: 13 These aren't your average cover songs, but at the same time, Melvins aren't what you would call an average band.

Even if their new album is a throwaway, over the past four decades no one has fused rock's ironic swagger with metal's sludgy nihilism the way the Melvins have.