Sub-genre
Sludge Metal
Sludge Metal is a metal sub-genre, formative in the late 1980s. TheMetalNet maps 1,008 bands and 2,416 albums under it.
Explore the Sludge Metal galaxyWhat it is
Sludge metal fuses doom metal’s slow, downtuned heaviness with hardcore punk’s aggression and shouted vocals, often with a Southern, blues-rock grit. It emerged after 1990 through Louisiana bands like Eyehategod, Crowbar, and Acid Bath, favoring thick distortion, feedback, and abrupt tempo swings between crawling and fast. The tone is filthy and abrasive, the mood bleak and hostile. It sounds like doom dragged through the swamp.
Facts
- Level
- Sub-genre
- Parent genre
- Doom Metal
- Formative era
- late 1980s
- Bands
- 1,008
- Albums
- 2,416
- Formation span
- 1967 to 2025
Bands
The 60 most prominent of 1,008. The rest are in the galaxy.
- MelvinsUnited States · 1983
- NeurosisUnited States · 1985
- NirvanaUnited States · 1987
- Cult of LunaSweden · 1998
- HoleUnited States · 1989
- High on FireUnited States · 1998
- CrowbarUnited States · 1988
- MotorpsychoNorway · 1989
- BaronessUnited States · 2003
- EyehategodUnited States · 1988
- Old Man GloomUnited States · 1999
- AmenraBelgium · 1999
- Year of No Light2001
- JuciferUnited States · 1993
- TorcheUnited States · 2004
- KylesaUnited States · 2001
- 16United States · 1992
- Black TuskUnited States · 2005
- CorruptedJapan · 1994
- FlipperUnited States · 1979
- The BodyUnited States · 1999
- ThouUnited States · 2005
- Unearthly TranceUnited States · 2000
- Zeni GevaJapan · 1987
- Buzzov•enUnited States · 1989
- CallistoFinland · 2001
- FloorUnited States · 1992
- RwakeUnited States · 1996
- WeedeaterUnited States · 1998
- Black CobraUnited States · 2002
- DystopiaUnited States · 1991
- Fistula1998
- KhanateUnited States · 2000
- TombsUnited States · 2007
- FleshpressFinland · 1998
- Impure WilhelminaSwitzerland · 1996
- SolaceUnited States · 1996
- BlindeadPoland · 1999
- Raging SpeedhornUnited Kingdom · 1999
- A Storm of LightUnited States · 2007
- DirgeFrance · 1994
- DoomridersUnited States · 2004
- Lair of the MinotaurUnited States · 2003
- Minsk2002
- MossUnited Kingdom · 2001
- RorcalSwitzerland · 2006
- *shels2003
- Weekend NachosUnited States · 2004
- CableUnited States · 1994
- OrthodoxSpain · 2004
- ÅrabrotNorway · 2001
- Hey Colossus2003
- SwitchbladeSweden · 1997
- G//Z/RUnited Kingdom · 1995
- Mammoth Grinder2005
- ZoroasterUnited States · 2003
- BosskUnited Kingdom · 2005
- Cream Abdul BabarUnited States · 1994
- Scott KellyUnited States · 1967
- Hangman’s ChairFrance · 2005
Where it is played
Bands formed by decade
| Decade | Bands formed |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 |
| 1970s | 3 |
| 1980s | 11 |
| 1990s | 47 |
| 2000s | 141 |
| 2010s | 312 |
| 2020s | 55 |