---
title: "Cloudkicker"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/cloudkicker"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "United States"
---

# Cloudkicker

**Cloudkicker** is a progressive metal band, from United States.

Cloudkicker is an American post-rock/post-metal musical project based in Columbus, Ohio, created by guitarist Ben Sharp. Sharp, a commercial airline pilot, does not pursue Cloudkicker as a full-time project; he releases his music as "pay what you want" under the Creative Commons license through Bandcamp.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudkicker

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Cloudkicker |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Los Angeles, United States |
| Releases in catalog | 15 |

## Genres

[Post Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/post-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | [The Discovery](https://themetalnet.com/album/2a8ebf38-b94e-3b15-87c9-d5cc08196939) | Album |
| 2008 | [The Map Is Not the Territory](https://themetalnet.com/album/70ebbf70-eb11-3d99-a8f8-46d28ffeffd4) | EP |
| 2009 | [Portmanteau](https://themetalnet.com/album/722703f6-28b6-4895-a767-b01e39e7b87f) | EP |
| 2010 | []]][[[](https://themetalnet.com/album/084d27b3-7058-455c-8465-c899b6df53d2) | EP |
| 2010 | [A New Heavenly Body](https://themetalnet.com/album/12acae26-b677-4e7f-927a-88bd826559cb) | EP |
| 2010 | [Beacons](https://themetalnet.com/album/5f1741f4-93c7-4b8f-a49d-b56d75eac443) | Album |
| 2011 | [Let Yourself Be Huge](https://themetalnet.com/album/9cc8487a-c3f0-4764-b966-2f6b207cc164) | Album |
| 2011 | [Loop](https://themetalnet.com/album/042081ee-d9b6-40f0-9a8e-5f322f32667d) | EP |
| 2012 | [Fade](https://themetalnet.com/album/b1e2e9a9-6c04-44b4-896f-fa3c4a170c25) | Album |
| 2013 | [Subsume](https://themetalnet.com/album/d69f3822-b3bf-4912-8a0f-b4b4cd9fbc13) | Album |
| 2014 | [Little Histories](https://themetalnet.com/album/e9c7f5d1-1307-4b68-9525-0bc5fdd8c7a5) | EP |
| 2015 | [Woum](https://themetalnet.com/album/cf8413a1-3dcf-4100-bd97-11d8e34acd12) | EP |
| 2019 | [Unending](https://themetalnet.com/album/5629c86a-51f5-4e2b-ae74-c5a9fe79fe58) | Album |
| 2020 | [Loops](https://themetalnet.com/album/8b8b9327-5849-4c3c-80a3-4319f4d3e9c4) | EP |
| 2020 | [Solitude](https://themetalnet.com/album/93ffb8b1-680e-4a94-aaf5-fc598dada052) | Album |

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- [Plini](https://themetalnet.com/band/plini) (listened together)
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- [Meshuggah](https://themetalnet.com/band/meshuggah) (listened together)
- [Pelican](https://themetalnet.com/band/pelican) (listened together)
- [Periphery](https://themetalnet.com/band/periphery) (listened together)
- [Intervals](https://themetalnet.com/band/intervals) (listened together)
- [The Contortionist](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-contortionist) (listened together)
- [Chimp Spanner](https://themetalnet.com/band/chimp-spanner) (listened together)
- [Mastodon](https://themetalnet.com/band/mastodon) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://cloudkicker.bandcamp.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cloudkickermusic/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cIoudkicker
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/5523212
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DAuhWUSCvn4FFcVpgIqY6
- website: https://cloudkickermusic.com/
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC2Dvye4zYgEwrUzXfnA_4kw
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/614911551

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/cloudkicker](https://themetalnet.com/band/cloudkicker). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt