Sons of Otis - Paid to Suffer Vinyl 12" (Import)

The one that started it all — limited to 400 copies on black 12" vinyl, imported from France. Paid to Suffer is the very first Sons of Otis release, originally recorded in 1994 and now fully remastered by Sons founder Ken Baluke for this 2020 Totem Cat Records reissue (TOTEM 002), complete with brand new layout. Before Spacejumbofudge, before Songs For Worship, before any of it — this is where the cosmic hypno doom began.

Six tracks of raw, early-form Otis: the fuzz is thicker, the grooves are slower, and the whole record has the unpolished weight of a band discovering exactly how heavy they could go. Baluke's remaster brings new clarity to the low end without stripping the original's grit. An essential document for anyone serious about the Sons of Otis catalog — and a fascinating origin point for one of stoner doom's most underrated bands.

• Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
• Genre: Heavy Metal; Doom Metal; Stoner Rock; Stoner Doom
• Release Year: 1994; 2020
• Label: Totem Cat Records - TOTEM 002
• Country: France

Side A

• Relapse
• Nothing
• Windows

Side B

• Pain
• Beware
• Drone

More Sons of Otis: Spacejumbofudge | Songs For Worship | Isolation Black Vinyl (300 copies) | Isolation Sea Blue (150 copies) | Isolation Red Splatter (150 copies) | Live In Den Bosch