Genre

Sludge Metal

Sludge Metal on LoudQuietLoud: more than 100 artists, including Mastodon, Acid Bath and Crowbar. It runs alongside artcore, atmospheric sludge metal and stoner metal.

Album art: Mastodon, Marrow Deep

Mastodon

progressive metal · sludge · sludge metal

Black Label Society

heavy metal · southern metal · hard rock

Melvins

sludge · grunge · stoner rock

Isis

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

Album art: Sleep, Hempispheres

Sleep

doom metal · stoner metal · stoner rock

Acid Bath

sludge · doom metal · sludge metal

Corrosion of Conformity

stoner rock · stoner metal · heavy metal

Crowbar

sludge · sludge metal · doom metal

Neurosis

sludge · post-metal · doom metal

Pelican

post-metal · post-rock · instrumental

Cult of Luna

post-metal · sludge · doom metal

High on Fire

stoner metal · doom metal · sludge

Eyehategod

sludge · doom metal · sludge metal

Halo

sludge · drone · noise

Kylesa

sludge · sludge metal · hardcore

Godflesh

industrial metal · industrial · experimental

Torche

sludge · stoner rock · stoner metal

Album art: Chat Pile, Who Loves The Sun

Chat Pile

noise rock · sludge metal · sludge

Weedeater

sludge · stoner metal · doom metal

King Woman

shoegaze · doom metal · sludge

Thou

sludge · doom metal · drone

Amenra

sludge · post-metal · post-hardcore

Breach

post-hardcore · sludge · hardcore

Full of Hell

powerviolence · hardcore · grindcore

Bongzilla

sludge · stoner metal · doom metal

Rosetta

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

The Body

sludge · doom metal · experimental

YOB

doom metal · sludge · stoner metal

Monolord

doom metal · stoner metal · sludge

Ghost Brigade

progressive metal · melodic death metal · doom metal

Uboa

noise · experimental · dark ambient

Cursed

hardcore · crust · sludge

Black Tusk

sludge · sludge metal · stoner metal

Bongripper

sludge · doom metal · drone

Doomriders

hardcore · stoner rock · sludge

Big Business

stoner rock · sludge · stoner metal

Faetooth

doom metal · sludge · post-metal

Gaza

mathcore · grindcore · hardcore

Conan

doom metal · sludge · stoner metal

Callisto

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

Mouth of the Architect

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

Khemmis

doom metal · sludge · heavy metal

Cough

sludge · doom metal · sludge metal

Ocean

sludge · rock · doom metal

Weekend Nachos

powerviolence · hardcore · grindcore

Helms Alee

sludge · post-hardcore · post-metal

Soilent Green

grindcore · sludge · sludge metal

Bossk

post-metal · post-rock · sludge

Conjurer

doom metal · sludge metal · post-metal

Cover of A Day of Nights by Battle of Mice

Battle of Mice

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

Primitive Man

sludge · doom metal · sludge metal

Uniform

noise rock · industrial · industrial rock

Uniform

noise rock · industrial · industrial rock

Made Out of Babies

post-hardcore · sludge · female vocalists

Whitehorse

sludge · doom metal · drone

Rolf Harris

australian · folk · pop

Cult Leader

sludge · mathcore · hardcore

Floor

sludge · doom metal · stoner rock

Sumac

sludge · post-metal · sludge metal

Harvey Milk

sludge · doom metal · experimental

Tombs

sludge · post-metal · black metal

Giant Squid

post-rock · sludge · progressive metal

Burning Witch

doom metal · sludge · drone

Cover of Nations to Flames by A Storm of Light

A Storm of Light

post-metal · sludge · doom metal

Buzzov•en

sludge · sludge metal · sludgecore

Knut

sludge · mathcore · hardcore

Mammoth Grinder

sludge · hardcore · crust

Abuse

brutal death metal · death metal · grindcore

KÅRP

noise rock · post-hardcore · sludge

Killdozer

noise rock · post-punk · post-hardcore

Rune

death metal · sludge · doom metal

Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean

sludge · doom metal · sludge metal

Black Sheep Wall

sludge · post-metal · sludgecore

Graves at Sea

sludge · doom metal · sludge metal

Couch Slut

noise rock · sludge · sludge metal

General Lee

post-metal · sludge · post-hardcore

Cover of Albania by Admiral Angry

Admiral Angry

sludge · experimental · grindcore

Tar

noise rock · post-hardcore · sludge

Skeletons

experimental · funk · sludge

Thrones

sludge · experimental · drone

Yautja

grindcore · sludge · hardcore

G//Z/R

heavy metal · industrial metal · sludge metal

Papangu

avant-garde metal · progressive metal · zeuhl

Stake

sludge metal · grunge · noise rock

Årabrot

noise rock · sludge · noise

Wormwood

melodic black metal · black metal · sludge

Black Sun

sludge · doom metal · industrial

Coffinworm

sludge · black metal · doom metal

Body Void

doom metal · sludge metal · sludge

truck violence

post-hardcore · noise rock · sludge

War Hungry

hardcore · metallic hardcore · hardcore punk

Brainoil

sludge · sludge metal · crust

Vile Creature

sludge · doom metal · doom

Bloody Panda

doom metal · sludge · experimental

Outlaw Order

sludge · sludge metal · sludgecore

Starkweather

metalcore · hardcore · sludge

Press

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The Oklahoma sludge-metal band has never spoken in subtleties, but its third album is its most pointed statement yet: a merciless depiction of a world in decline.
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The stoner-doom institution returns, minus founding guitarist Matt Pike, for a monotonous album of timid riffs and bad weed puns.
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Few new bands have captured the zeitgeist of the 2020s like Chat Pile.
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Marrow Deep (opens in new tab)
On its first album since the death of guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds, the metal band reckons with grief while gesturing toward the wild, energetic sound of its past.
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Making proudly old-school music with proudly old-school equipment, the Brazilian band summons the sound of classic prog rock with a mystical, psychedelic epic.
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Show Me the Body’s last two albums, particularly 2022’s Trouble the Water (as well as the Corpus mixtapes from 2017 and 2024), felt like they were recorded in a dry basement filled with smoke and…
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