Band
The Body
The Body is a sludge metal band from United States, active 1999 to present. 30 releases and 2 musicians in the catalog.
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Facts
- Genre
- Sludge Metal
- Parent genre
- Doom Metal
- Origin
- Little Rock, United States
- Formed
- 1999
- Releases
- 30
Biography
The Body is an American experimental metal duo that was formed in 1999 in Providence, Rhode Island by guitarist/vocalist Chip King and drummer/programmer Lee Buford. As of 2025, they have released eight solo full-length albums as well as seventeen collaborative LPs, nine EP's, four splits, three compilations, two singles, and one collaborative live album.
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Genres
Current line-up
| Musician | Instruments | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Chip King | Guitar, Lead vocals | 1999 to present |
| Lee Buford | Sampler, Drums (drum set) | 1999 to present |
Albums
- The Body2004 · Album
- All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood2010 · Album
- Nothing Passes2011 · Album
- Christs, Redeemers2013 · Album
- I Shall Die Here2014 · Album
- The Body & Krieg2015 · Album
- xoroAHbin2015 · Album
- No One Deserves Happiness2016 · Album
- One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache2016 · Album
- Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light2017 · Album
- I Have Fought Against It, but I Can’t Any Longer.2018 · Album
- Mental Wounds Not Healing2018 · Album
- O God Who Avenges, Shine Forth. Rise Up, Judge of the Earth; Pay Back to the Proud What They Deserve.2018 · Album
- Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back2019 · Album
- I Don’t Ever Want to Be Alone2020 · Album
- I’ve Seen All I Need to See2021 · Album
- Leaving None but Small Birds2021 · Album
- Enemy of Love2022 · Album
- Orchards of a Futile Heaven2024 · Album
- The Crying Out of Things2024 · Album
- Was I Good Enough?2025 · Album
Other releases
EPs, demos, live records and compilations.
- The Body / Get Killed2005 · EP
- Even the Saints Knew Their Hour of Failure and Loss2006 · EP
- 2008 Tour CD-R2008 · EP
- The Body / Whitehorse2011 · EP
- The Cold, Suffocating Dark Goes on Forever, and We Are Alone2012 · EP
- Master, We Perish2013 · EP
- The Tears of Job2015 · EP
- A Home on Earth2017 · EP
- Whitehorse & The Body2019 · EP
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