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sludge metal

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Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that originated in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It is characterized by slow, heavy, and often downtuned guitar riffs, thick bass lines, and pounding drums. The vocals in sludge metal are often harsh and growled, and the lyrics typically deal with themes of depression, despair, and social alienation. Sludge metal is influenced by a range of genres, including doom metal, hardcore punk, and Southern rock, and it often incorporates elements of noise and experimental music. Some prominent sludge metal bands include Eyehategod, Melvins, and Crowbar.

100 chronological releases

Place Cover Date Artist Album Tags Other places
10 1987 Melvins Gluey Porch Treatments
62 1991 Melvins Bullhead
53 Cover for Hate Songs in E Minor 1991 Fudge Tunnel Hate Songs in E Minor
66 Cover for Souls at Zero 1992-05-19 Neurosis Souls at Zero
5 Cover for Dirt (2022 Remaster) 1993 Alice in Chains Dirt (2022 Remaster)
56 1993-08-17 Neurosis Enemy Of The Sun
71 1993-09-09 Eyehategod Take As Needed For Pain
100 Cover for Houdini 1993-09-21 Melvins Houdini
81 Cover for Crowbar 1993-10-12 Crowbar Crowbar
89 1994 Dystopia Human = Garbage
31 Cover for Come To Grief 1994 Grief Come To Grief
98 1994-08-08 Acid Bath When the Kite String Pops
99 Cover for NOLA 1995-09-15 Down NOLA
83 1996 Eyehategod Dopesick
2 Cover for Courtesy And Good Will Toward Men 1996 Harvey Milk Courtesy And Good Will Toward Men
86 1996-04-02 Neurosis Through Silver In Blood
91 1996-11-12 Acid Bath Paegan Terrorism Tactics
34 1997 Iron Monkey Iron Monkey
46 Cover for Our Problem 1998 Iron Monkey Our Problem
84 1998-07-06 Crowbar Odd Fellows Rest
92 Cover for The Aftermath 1999 Dystopia The Aftermath
29 1999-05-04 Neurosis Times of Grace
26 1999-05-17 Melvins The Maggot
33 Cover for Southern Discomfort 2000-01-25 Eyehategod Southern Discomfort
85 2001-08-21 Crowbar Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form
63 2002-05-21 Superjoint Ritual Use Once And Destroy
96 Cover for Remission 2002-05-28 Mastodon Remission
61 2002-06 Kylesa Kylesa
27 2003-01-24 Weedeater Sixteen Tons
32 2003-07-22 Superjoint Ritual A Lethal Dose of American Hatred
48 2004-08-23 Melvins & Lustmord Pigs of the Roman Empire
93 Cover for Leviathan 2004-08-31 Mastodon Leviathan
59 Cover for II 2005 Cursed II
19 Cover for III 2005 Cursed III
8 2005-02-18 Buried Inside Chronoclast
54 2005-03-23 Kylesa To Walk A Middle Course
4 2005-12-06 Acid Bath Demos: 1993-1996
67 Cover for Blood Mountain 2006-09-08 Mastodon Blood Mountain
73 2006-10-31 Kylesa Time Will Fuse Its Worth
90 Cover for Red Album 2007-09-04 Baroness Red Album
95 2008-02-10 Dystopia Dystopia
51 Cover for Kingdom of Sorrow 2008-02-29 Kingdom of Sorrow Kingdom of Sorrow
40 2008-03-24 Cough Sigillum Luciferi
72 2008-04-21 Cancer Bats Hail Destroyer
38 Cover for And We Wept the Black Ocean Within 2008-06-10 A Storm of Light And We Wept the Black Ocean Within
77 2008-07-08 Melvins Nude With Boots
75 2009-02-23 Mastodon Crack the Skye
42 Cover for Spoils of Failure 2009-03-03 Buried Inside Spoils of Failure
16 2009-03-10 Zoroaster Voice of Saturn
94 Cover for Static Tensions 2009-03-17 Kylesa Static Tensions
44 Cover for Unforgivable 2009-09-01 Weekend Nachos Unforgivable
17 Cover for Chronomega 2009-09-09 Black Cobra Chronomega
57 Cover for Blue Record 2009-10-13 Baroness Blue Record
9 2010-07-13 Zoroaster Matador
45 Cover for Satan Worshipping Doom 2010-08-13 Bongripper Satan Worshipping Doom
20 Cover for Songs for Singles 2010-09-20 Torche Songs for Singles
36 2010-09-28 The Secret Solve Et Coagula
80 2010-10-25 Kylesa Spiral Shadow
3 2011-01-01 Black Cobra Invernal
49 2011-05-10 Black Label Society The Song Remains Not The Same
6 2011-09-20 The Atlas Moth An Ache for the Distance
82 Cover for The Hunter 2011-09-26 Mastodon The Hunter
68 2011-10-25 Black Tusk Set the Dial
50 2012-04-16 Cancer Bats Dead Set On Living
78 2012-04-24 Torche Harmonicraft
97 2012-09-11 Eyehategod New Orleans Is The New Vietnam
60 Cover for Down IV Part I - The Purple EP 2012-09-14 Down Down IV Part I - The Purple EP
65 2012-12-04 Kowloon Walled City Container Ships
37 2013-03-19 Inter Arma Sky Burial
87 Cover for Ultraviolet 2013-05-24 Kylesa Ultraviolet
14 2013-09-17 SubRosa More Constant Than The Gods
88 Cover for May Our Chambers Be Full 2013-11-07 Emma Ruth Rundle May Our Chambers Be Full
43 2014-01-21 Indian From All Purity
69 2014-02-25 Thou Heathen
13 2014-04-29 Lord Mantis Death Mask
55 2014-05-23 Eyehategod Eyehategod
23 2014-05-26 Crowbar Symmetry In Black
41 Cover for The Deal 2015-02-17 Sumac The Deal
52 Cover for Exhausting Fire 2015-10-02 Kylesa Exhausting Fire
76 Cover for Arc 2016-01-22 Agoraphobic Nosebleed Arc
22 Cover for Ode to the Flame 2016-04-15 Mantar Ode to the Flame
12 Cover for Basses Loaded 2016-06-03 Melvins Basses Loaded
74 Cover for What One Becomes 2016-06-10 Sumac What One Becomes
1 2016-10-28 Crowbar The Serpent Only Lies
39 Cover for Emperor of Sand 2017 Mastodon Emperor of Sand
24 Cover for Blessed By The Burn 2017-10-27 Left Behind Blessed By The Burn
25 Cover for The Dusk in Us 2017-11-03 Converge The Dusk in Us
15 Cover for Our Raw Heart 2018-06-08 YOB Our Raw Heart
79 Cover for Only Self 2018-08-24 Jesus Piece Only Self
28 Cover for Unfold the God Man 2018-09-01 Psychonaut Unfold the God Man
58 Cover for Admission 2019-07-12 Torche Admission
18 Cover for Celestial Blues 2021-07-30 King Woman Celestial Blues
35 Cover for CHRISTFUCKER 2021-11-05 Portrayal Of Guilt CHRISTFUCKER
70 Cover for Bloodmoon: I 2021-11-19 Converge Bloodmoon: I
64 Cover for God's Country 2022-07-29 chat pile God's Country
7 Cover for Evidence Of Immortality 2022-08-19 Conan Evidence Of Immortality
30 Cover for Failure Will Follow 2023 The Acacia Strain Failure Will Follow
21 Cover for Cometh The Storm 2024-04-19 High on Fire Cometh The Storm
47 Cover for Umbilical 2024-05-31 Thou Umbilical
11 2024-10-11 chat pile Cool World