Eyehategod crawled from the stinking Louisiana bayou in 1988, its blackened form covered in pure hostility, mouth agape with nihilistic tendencies spewing forth at dangerous volume levels. The band started as a few old friends jamming together for no other reason than to pay homage to Black Sabbath and indulge in mind-altering substance abuse. In addition to remembering the Sabbath, Eyehategod set out to set the concept of ugliness to music.