Technical chops are a moot point when you're trying to test your speakers and massage your intestines at once.

My housemate heard this playing one day and unceremoniously slammed the volume down mid-riff and telegraphed total disapproval without a word. A must have.

I can only guess that's what my neighbors say. Hell, that's what I said the first time I heard "Ra at Dusk". That opening salvo will either kill you or make you stronger.

The biggest problem I have with this genre of music, is even if you DO have a stereo that can comply with the "Maximum Volume Yields Maximum Results" slogan, there is simply no way the neighborhood would stand for it.
My Adcom stereo and M&K subwoofer provide enough racket that pictures fall from the wall and knick-knacks drop to their death. In a perfect world, I would spend less money on my '72 Plymouth Valiant Scamp and buy a Sunfire subwoofer that could really do Earth and Sunn O))) justice. Of course I would also have to move to the country.

this type of records is what encourages talentless/ugly/fat people to start bands. they think "hey! even I can do this!" and then before you know it there are more bands who 'play' sludgy inane drone 'metal' that sounds like they're still soundchecking than is really required. it's a pity that the option of giving no stars at all doesn't exist here.