Post Reply - The sludge metal thread

 adg211288 wrote:

Sludge is next on the genres I want to start properly exploring, having largely ignored it for a long time. I've been listening to a lot of Kylesa today and I'm enjoying them quite a bit. Obviously I already know the older Mastodon stuff and some of Cult of Luna's work and a few bands that blend it with black metal. I've heard a little bit of Melvins but so far they haven't actually done much for me.
I'm looking for recommendations in the genre, preferably regular sludge for now opposed to atmospheric sludge. I may end up liking the latter more but I want to put myself through a crash course in the regular stuff first if you know what I mean. 

Nice to see someone else getting into Kylesa, love them! 

Crowbar is my first recommendation to anyone looking to get into actual sludge metal, one of my favorite bands and probably the best live show I've ever been to. You can't go wrong with any of their albums, they're all amazing.

Since you like Mastodon, I think you'd probably enjoy Baroness and Bison B.C. 

Superjoint Ritual, Obake, Floor, Cavity, Lord By Fire, and Brothers of the Sonic Cloth are all amazing too.