--- title: "The Body" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/the-body" genre: "Sludge Metal" country: "United States" formed: 1999 --- # The Body **The Body** is a sludge metal band, from United States, active 1999 to present. 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. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Body_(band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | The Body | | Genre | Sludge Metal | | Parent genre | Doom Metal | | Origin | Little Rock, United States | | Formed | 1999 | | Releases in catalog | 30 | ## Genres [Drone Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/drone-metal) · [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Industrial](https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal) · [Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Chip King](https://themetalnet.com/musician/chip-king) | Guitar, Lead vocals | 1999 to present | Current | | [Lee Buford](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lee-buford) | Sampler, Drums (drum set) | 1999 to present | Current | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 2004 | [The Body](https://themetalnet.com/album/9eeb0dad-e66a-42a7-b8bd-95559da96c82) | Album | | 2005 | [The Body / Get Killed](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c30f220-d5ad-4097-ba19-277c7d0177f2) | EP | | 2006 | [Even the Saints Knew Their Hour of Failure and Loss](https://themetalnet.com/album/e1ab497d-0214-4055-84d1-9c216f9a1460) | EP | | 2008 | [2008 Tour CD-R](https://themetalnet.com/album/4ea9c596-abe4-4bd1-a770-8c6220790382) | EP | | 2010 | [All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood](https://themetalnet.com/album/cfbd9418-c385-4f50-91c0-067c4ee61be7) | Album | | 2011 | [Nothing Passes](https://themetalnet.com/album/1e5c1a85-d3b6-42e4-beee-4f3285fe2c2f) | Album | | 2011 | [The Body / Whitehorse](https://themetalnet.com/album/5ee118b7-fc86-44ce-96ac-2e9897901c69) | EP | | 2012 | [The Cold, Suffocating Dark Goes on Forever, and We Are Alone](https://themetalnet.com/album/39e2677a-52a7-4381-a5df-56f231f2e897) | EP | | 2013 | [Christs, Redeemers](https://themetalnet.com/album/3ea63972-68ac-4c06-8cd3-d9da14a3a4e8) | Album | | 2013 | [Master, We Perish](https://themetalnet.com/album/b6307fe3-999b-48f2-b258-7f4fae82722d) | EP | | 2014 | [I Shall Die Here](https://themetalnet.com/album/0004a5af-a4d6-4e4e-87fc-61e4e2f86409) | Album | | 2015 | [The Body & Krieg](https://themetalnet.com/album/02ed0913-97d9-497b-8150-2a5a9ca699e5) | Album | | 2015 | [The Tears of Job](https://themetalnet.com/album/a5c7f047-9b4c-408c-80d4-7089bfd044fe) | EP | | 2015 | [xoroAHbin](https://themetalnet.com/album/0dbc992d-8a38-4ed2-8718-6cbb4a9c0211) | Album | | 2016 | [No One Deserves Happiness](https://themetalnet.com/album/5a1d705c-e1e4-4d31-ae58-ff67520b4500) | Album | | 2016 | [One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache](https://themetalnet.com/album/4339265c-8962-4adc-a1ac-be9320a8939b) | Album | | 2017 | [A Home on Earth](https://themetalnet.com/album/68f345af-b6b5-4612-a478-16d583607e00) | EP | | 2017 | [Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light](https://themetalnet.com/album/5e020190-3347-415b-9a14-87fadee62460) | Album | | 2018 | [I Have Fought Against It, but I Can’t Any Longer.](https://themetalnet.com/album/cd8920cb-74dd-46db-afe2-d95d4bd27fa3) | Album | | 2018 | [Mental Wounds Not Healing](https://themetalnet.com/album/22060ce4-37f1-4776-b969-994becd67f44) | Album | | 2018 | [O God Who Avenges, Shine Forth. Rise Up, Judge of the Earth; Pay Back to the Proud What They Deserve.](https://themetalnet.com/album/3ed7b4d1-c695-437d-98c7-18a87f3a2d56) | Album | | 2019 | [Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back](https://themetalnet.com/album/e87c88bf-a727-4713-9f65-0fe6d74aebb0) | Album | | 2019 | [Whitehorse & The Body](https://themetalnet.com/album/106edc3b-d905-4b59-a306-b14fb211a1f5) | EP | | 2020 | [I Don’t Ever Want to Be Alone](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc36478b-9a76-4f89-a996-a88c49c41fb6) | Album | | 2021 | [I’ve Seen All I Need to See](https://themetalnet.com/album/57ed3481-593c-47cc-b805-4cbac9e54524) | Album | | 2021 | [Leaving None but Small Birds](https://themetalnet.com/album/2eafe51a-90f9-4dfd-8811-19544c254bb2) | Album | | 2022 | [Enemy of Love](https://themetalnet.com/album/ec94dd32-105a-4fc6-9a7c-b000dacca034) | Album | | 2024 | [Orchards of a Futile Heaven](https://themetalnet.com/album/cc402b70-a0bb-44db-ae98-a8567d0927a2) | Album | | 2024 | [The Crying Out of Things](https://themetalnet.com/album/6c0a4f1b-8551-4b37-868c-50205f8c620e) | Album | | 2025 | [Was I Good Enough?](https://themetalnet.com/album/f58dde30-982c-4433-a048-aa95ea5f7609) | Album | ## Related bands - [Thou](https://themetalnet.com/band/thou) (listened together) - [Full of Hell](https://themetalnet.com/band/full-of-hell) (listened together) - [Boris](https://themetalnet.com/band/boris) (listened together) - [Sunn O)))](https://themetalnet.com/band/sunn-o) (listened together) - [Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/earth-60dd41cf) (listened together) - [Neurosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/neurosis-a9416fb3) (listened together) - [Deafheaven](https://themetalnet.com/band/deafheaven) (listened together) - [YOB](https://themetalnet.com/band/yob) (listened together) - [King Woman](https://themetalnet.com/band/king-woman) (listened together) - [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together) - [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together) - [Godflesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/godflesh) (listened together) ## Official and external links - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The_Body/51680 - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christsredeemers/ - bandcamp: https://thebody.bandcamp.com/ - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebodyband - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VFYpTpgmp7ANXqok2dTg3 - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/15121101 - apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/55217787 - youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC7AhKjHZxUOeLCl8ZNan84w --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/the-body](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-body). 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