Sub-genre
Southern Metal
Southern Metal is a metal sub-genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 40 bands and 86 albums under it.
Explore the Southern Metal galaxyWhat it is
Southern metal fuses metal’s heaviness with the swagger, groove, and bluesy swing of Southern rock, producing a thick, whiskey-soaked sound rooted in the American South. It grew from the 1990s Louisiana and North Carolina scenes, where Corrosion of Conformity and Down merged sludge, doom, and groove metal with Lynyrd Skynyrd-style riffs. Tempos are mid-paced and rolling, the tone warm and dirty, and the attitude proudly regional. It overlaps heavily with sludge and stoner metal.
Facts
- Level
- Sub-genre
- Parent genre
- Doom Metal
- Formative era
- early 1990s
- Bands
- 40
- Albums
- 86
- Formation span
- 1991 to 2025
Bands
- DownUnited States · 1991
- Memphis May FireUnited States · 2006
- Deaf HavanaUnited Kingdom · 2005
- The Damned ThingsUnited States · 2009
- The Union UndergroundUnited States · 1996
- Rebel Meets RebelUnited States · 1999
- Acid Tiger2007
- My Uncle the Wolf2005
- Trucker Diablo2008
- Electro BabyGermany · 2001
- Wasted Theory2012
- StormLand2005
- GrieveBrazil · 2005
- Anti‐MortemUnited States · 2008
- Many Eyes
- Final DriveUnited States · 2001
- DendritesGreece · 2014
- Death Denied2009
- Di’AulItaly · 2010
- Ol' Time Moonshine2009
- In OvoUnited States · 2006
- Forebode2017
- Patriarchs in BlackUnited States
- Black Stone Machine2019
- Hell Camino
- Brethren Hogg
- MNRVA2018
- Vermilion Whiskey
- Hiraeth2023
- Ganesha
- Misery Crown
- Prehistoric Whales2015
- RealmUnited States
- K2
- Alcoholic Alliance Disciples
- Gravity Kong
- Devil Gone PublicUnited States · 2014
- Gilded2025
- Coyote Cody ElliottUnited States
- Penguins With Knives
Where it is played
Bands formed by decade
| Decade | Bands formed |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 |
| 2000s | 14 |
| 2010s | 8 |
| 2020s | 2 |