---
title: "Fistula"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/fistula"
genre: "Doom Metal"
formed: 1998
---

# Fistula

**Fistula** is a doom metal band, active 1998 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Fistula |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Cleveland |
| Formed | 1998 |
| Releases in catalog | 22 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Seth Putnam](https://themetalnet.com/musician/seth-putnam) |  |  | Current |
| [Nate Linehan](https://themetalnet.com/musician/nate-linehan) |  |  | Current |
| [Bahb Branca](https://themetalnet.com/musician/bahb-branca) |  |  | Current |
| [Corey Bing](https://themetalnet.com/musician/corey-bing) |  |  | Current |
| [Matthew J. Rositano](https://themetalnet.com/musician/matthew-j-rositano) |  |  | Current |
| [Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/musician/wizard-dd62fc53) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2001 | [Hymns of Slumber](https://themetalnet.com/album/2adf209b-4d8c-48a2-ae99-c188491324b7) | Album |
| 2002 | [Sloth / Fistula](https://themetalnet.com/album/6f0e2aff-7f4a-31f1-aa72-47ab0a60e2eb) | EP |
| 2003 | [dot(.) / Fistula](https://themetalnet.com/album/85de2dd0-cbc1-393e-89b0-2fe6018c24de) | EP |
| 2003 | [Idiopathic](https://themetalnet.com/album/d70d62fa-ca96-36c2-b776-57422ce3fed2) | Album |
| 2004 | [Burmese / Fistula](https://themetalnet.com/album/60ab7ec1-f7c5-3fff-9f8e-419582e2df1b) | Album |
| 2006 | [For a Better Tomorrow](https://themetalnet.com/album/ccacc187-a47c-4149-ac2e-0210061d79c5) | Album |
| 2007 | [Burdened by Your Existence](https://themetalnet.com/album/391bbd85-a0ed-3a8b-a34a-7c2f09c41f1e) | Album |
| 2008 | [Inverted Black Star](https://themetalnet.com/album/e2f9ae91-1daa-4c7d-acb6-8e35d16472d8) | Album |
| 2008 | [Lessons in Lamentation](https://themetalnet.com/album/2250e4ce-f2ef-4466-8dc9-fffd54310e02) | Album |
| 2009 | [We, the Beast](https://themetalnet.com/album/0559376f-8bb5-4ee1-ad4c-575b8a0afa6a) | EP |
| 2010 | [Goat](https://themetalnet.com/album/b9d2521b-b60b-41de-a106-b5919cffe19c) | EP |
| 2010 | [Loser](https://themetalnet.com/album/b022dd5f-6428-43d2-8abf-24e12706605a) | EP |
| 2012 | [Fistula / Monkeypriest](https://themetalnet.com/album/304e9712-c967-4f7a-9ded-d17b7d2117be) | EP |
| 2012 | [Northern Aggression](https://themetalnet.com/album/7281e4c9-8016-43de-ab1e-8ef2aab7d20f) | EP |
| 2014 | [Vermin Prolificus](https://themetalnet.com/album/6c36942b-f577-4ae5-adbf-27562bbd6613) | Album |
| 2015 | [Ignorant Weapon](https://themetalnet.com/album/72e920b5-92ed-449f-9d63-ceae0646cd62) | EP |
| 2016 | [Longing For Infection](https://themetalnet.com/album/c6e8869d-4bca-49e0-8622-58148865a7d3) | Album |
| 2017 | [16 / Fistula](https://themetalnet.com/album/7e08a9ef-84ab-4a1f-9b0a-8c8796e9a5ed) | EP |
| 2020 | [The Process Of Opting Out](https://themetalnet.com/album/0d1543cd-e44a-4dd5-abaa-51bedfcd15aa) | Album |
| 2023 | [Fistula](https://themetalnet.com/album/b33bf7d8-9e58-4357-804d-4216c33288cc) | Album |
| 2023 | [The Shape of Doom to Cumm)))](https://themetalnet.com/album/02e74d5d-3ae4-4d94-9ff7-f0452352ab60) | Album |
| 2026 | [Galaxies of Disappointment](https://themetalnet.com/album/e543466f-a427-42ee-8163-b13d93e27fc2) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Eyehategod](https://themetalnet.com/band/eyehategod) (listened together)
- [Electric Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/band/electric-wizard) (listened together)
- [Bongzilla](https://themetalnet.com/band/bongzilla) (listened together)
- [Weedeater](https://themetalnet.com/band/weedeater) (listened together)
- [Sleep](https://themetalnet.com/band/sleep) (listened together)
- [Thou](https://themetalnet.com/band/thou) (listened together)
- [Kyuss](https://themetalnet.com/band/kyuss) (listened together)
- [Pig Destroyer](https://themetalnet.com/band/pig-destroyer) (listened together)
- [Unearthly Trance](https://themetalnet.com/band/unearthly-trance) (listened together)
- [Melvins](https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins) (listened together)
- [Sourvein](https://themetalnet.com/band/sourvein) (listened together)
- [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fistula/21344
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fistula_ohio_sludge/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fistula666
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/290248
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vnjhCrXCcFwS5tw9k6DT9

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