Stalaggh – The Most Extreme (And Unlistenable) Band Ever?

Our blog on the 20 loudest tracks ever generated some interesting responses, not least an intriguing tip-off from a chap calling himself Mental.

Mr Mental (Wayne Mental to his mum) reckons the loudest band of all time are Dutch extreme-metal noise-maniacs Stellagh – and he may have a point.

Stalaggh’s USP is that they (supposedly) recruit genuine mental patients to record their vocals, which consist entirely of eardrum-lacerating screams. One of their guest ‘singers’ was apparently locked away after stabbing his own mother 30 times. Which seems a long-winded way of going about things. Why not just get Richard Hawley in?

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According to the band’s Myspace manifesto, Stalaggh “truly represents the total annihilation of all human life.” And there was me thinking that was N-Dubz.

Now, before we get all point-and-laugh over this, we should acknowledge that, beneath the childish shock tactics, there are some pretty sickening politics at work here. A ‘stalag’ is a Nazi concentration camp. The extra G and H stand for global holocaust.

Following the same principle, the band soon plan to launch a new project, Gullaggh. If they keep sliding down the genocide scale, presumably eventually they’ll end up at Butlinsgh.

Stallaggh are, quite clearly, a bunch of berks. They might even be an elaborate spoof. But in terms of sheer, gut-rumbling, parent-worrying, vomit-inducing noise, you’ve got to admit they possess a certain elan.

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