Best Sludge Metal Bands

51 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #219 Blood Mountain (2006) #395 Leviathan (2004) #768
2	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1613 Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] A Dawn to Fear (2019) #2069
3	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #381 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2452
4	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Times of Grace (1999) #1126 Through Silver in Blood (1996) #1524 Souls at Zero (1992) #1558
5	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Oceanic (2002) #877 Panopticon (2004) #1004 Wavering Radiant (2009) #5490
6	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1071 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1201 Luminiferous (2015) #2963
7	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Red Album (2007) #2168 Stone (2023) #2458 Yellow & Green (2012) #3153
8	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #807 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
9	Crowbar 1990, United States Sludge Metal	Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) #2769 Symmetry in Black (2014) #5917 Odd Fellows Rest (1998) #6005
10	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Etemen Ænka (2021) #1194 Asheran (2017) #1202 Voidkind (2024) #3449
11	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3283 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
12	Acid Bath 1991, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	When the Kite String Pops (1994) #2693 Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) #8712 Screams of the Butterfly (1992) [Demo]
13	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1073 No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5501 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016)
14	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3552
15	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1336 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1695 Ótta (2014) #2018
16	Thou 2005, United States Sludge Metal, Drone Metal, Doom Metal	Summit (2010) Myopia (2022) Peasant (2008)
17	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #515 Pink (2005) #1189 Heavy Rocks (2002)
18	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) New Heaven (2024) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7877
19	Chat Pile 2019, United States Noise Rock, Sludge Metal	God's Country (2022) #4616 Cool World (2024) #5990 This Dungeon Earth (2019) [EP]
20	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) #4273 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
21	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Pelican (2003) [EP]
22	Godflesh 1988, United Kingdom Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal	Purge (2023) Streetcleaner (1989) #5714 Hymns (2001)
23	Julie Christmas United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore	Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] Mariner (2016) #7141 Ridiculous and Full of Blood (2024)
24	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Determinism of Morality (2010) Wake / Lift (2007) Quintessential Ephemera (2015)
25	Sumac 2014, Canada Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Love in Shadow (2018) What One Becomes (2016) #7355 The Healer (2024)
26	Fall of Efrafa United Kingdom Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Crust Punk	Inlé (2009) #5860 Elil (2007) Owsla (2006)
27	Dopethrone 2008, Canada Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	1312 (2016) [EP] Transcanadian Anger (2018) Demonsmoke (2009)
28	Eyehategod 1988, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Eyehategod (2014) Dopesick (1996) #9019 Take as Needed for Pain (1993) #9098
29	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Our Raw Heart (2018) #3238 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5524
30	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	3750 (2004) It Comes in Waves (2019) #5151 Wormwood (2010)
31	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
32	Downfall of Gaia 2008, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ethic of Radical Finitude (2019) Atrophy (2016) Silhouettes of Disgust (2023)
33	Hollow Jan 2003, Korea Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Screamo, Experimental Rock	Day Off (2014) #3247 다떠위다 (2023) [EP] Rough Draft in Progress (2006) #4271
34	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Wiseblood (1996) #8472
35	Life of Agony 1989, United States Alternative Metal	River Runs Red (1993) #7599 Ugly (1995) #7859 1989-1999 (1999) [Compilation]
36	KEN mode 1999, Canada Sludge Metal, Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock	Reprisal (2006) Loved (2018) VOID (2023)
37	Regarde les Hommes Tomber 2011, France Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Black Metal	Exile (2015) #5934 Ascension (2020) Regarde les hommes tomber (2013)
38	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Houdini (1993) #5715 Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Tarantula Heart (2024) #8354
39	Psychonaut 2013, Belgium Post-Metal	Unfold the God Man (2018) #682 Violate Consensus Reality (2022) #2455 Emerald (2021) [Split]
40	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #782 The Sciences (2018) #1929 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3819
41	Full of Hell 2009, United States Powerviolence, Deathgrind, Sludge Metal, Grindcore, Metalcore, Noise	Coagulated Bliss (2024) Full of Hell - Merzbow (2014) Weeping Choir (2019)
42	Slugdge 2012, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Esoteric Malacology (2018) #1562 Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms (2015) Gastronomicon (2014)
43	Mammoth Grinder 2005, United States Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal, Death Metal	Rage and Ruin (2008) #2404 Cosmic Crypt (2018) No Results (2008)
44	Fantômas 1998, United States Avant-garde Metal	The Director's Cut (2001) Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Delirium Cordia (2004)
45	Conan 2006, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Horseback Battle Hammer (2010) [EP] Monnos (2012) Revengeance (2016)
46	Code Orange 2008, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	I Am King (2014) The Above (2023) Underneath (2020) #8944
47	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1978 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018) #5959
48	Pig Destroyer 1997, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal	Prowler in the Yard (2001) #3570 Demo (1997) [Demo] Terrifyer (2004) #4343
49	Russian Circles 2004, United States Post-Metal, Post-Rock	Enter (2006) Station (2008) Geneva (2009)
50	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Garden (2023) Inherit the Eden (2007) At Every Door (2013)

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