Best Sludge Metal Bands

48 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #238 Blood Mountain (2006) #414 Leviathan (2004) #782
2	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1553 Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] A Dawn to Fear (2019) #2072
3	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #429 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2376
4	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Times of Grace (1999) #716 Souls at Zero (1992) #1500 A Sun That Never Sets (2001) #1695
5	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Panopticon (2004) #1032 Oceanic (2002) #1054 Wavering Radiant (2009) #5153
6	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #766 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
7	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1306 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1455 Luminiferous (2015) #3887
8	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Stone (2023) Yellow & Green (2012) #2593 Red Album (2007) #2602
9	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Asheran (2017) #1166 Etemen Ænka (2021) Voidkind (2024) #5322
10	Crowbar 1989, United States Sludge Metal	Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) #3953 Odd Fellows Rest (1998) #5443 Symmetry in Black (2014) #5559
11	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1035 No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5161 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016)
12	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3849 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
13	Acid Bath 1991, United States Sludge Metal	When the Kite String Pops (1994) #3851 Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) #8165 Screams of the Butterfly (1992) [Demo]
14	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3356
15	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1263 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1644 Ótta (2014) #1647
16	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7367 Sky Burial (2013)
17	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) #4052 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
18	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Pelican (2003) [EP]
19	Godflesh 1988, United Kingdom Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal	Us and Them (1999) Purge (2023) Hymns (2001)
20	Thou 2005, United States Sludge Metal, Drone Metal, Doom Metal	Summit (2010) Myopia (2022) Peasant (2008)
21	Julie Christmas United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore	Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] Mariner (2016) #6708 The Bad Wife (2010)
22	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #1158 Pink (2005) #1159 Flood (2000) #2841
23	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Determinism of Morality (2010) Wake / Lift (2007) Quintessential Ephemera (2015)
24	Fall of Efrafa United Kingdom Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Crust Punk	Inlé (2009) #5500 Owsla (2006) Down to Agony / Fall of Efrafa (2007) [Split]
25	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Our Raw Heart (2018) #3093 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5177
26	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	3750 (2004) It Comes in Waves (2019) #4844 Wormwood (2010)
27	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
28	Downfall of Gaia 2008, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ethic of Radical Finitude (2019) Atrophy (2016) Silhouettes of Disgust (2023)
29	Hollow Jan 2003, Korea Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Screamo, Experimental Rock	Day Off (2014) #3098 다떠위다 (2023) [EP] Rough Draft in Progress (2006) #4049
30	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Animosity (1985)
31	KEN mode 1999, Canada Sludge Metal, Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock	Loved (2018) VOID (2023) NULL (2022)
32	Regarde les Hommes Tomber 2011, France Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Black Metal	Exile (2015) #5576 Ascension (2020) Regarde les hommes tomber (2013)
33	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Houdini (1993) #7168 Tarantula Heart (2024) #7816
34	Psychonaut 2013, Belgium Post-Metal	Unfold the God Man (2018) #658 Violate Consensus Reality (2022) Emerald (2021) [Split]
35	Life of Agony 1989, United States Alternative Metal	Ugly (1995) #7351 1989-1999 (1999) [Compilation] Soul Searching Sun (1997) #7675
36	Slugdge 2012, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Esoteric Malacology (2018) #1509 Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms (2015) Gastronomicon (2014)
37	Eyehategod 1988, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Dopesick (1996) #8447 Take as Needed for Pain (1993) #8778 In the Name of Suffering (1992)
38	Mammoth Grinder 2005, United States Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal, Death Metal	Rage and Ruin (2008) #2327 Cosmic Crypt (2018) No Results (2008)
39	Fantômas 1998, United States Avant-garde Metal	The Director's Cut (2001) Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Delirium Cordia (2004)
40	Conan 2006, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Horseback Battle Hammer (2010) [EP] Monnos (2012) Revengeance (2016)
41	Code Orange 2008, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	I Am King (2014) Underneath (2020) #7935 The Above (2023)
42	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1925 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018)
43	Pig Destroyer 1997, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal	Prowler in the Yard (2001) #3287 Demo (1997) [Demo] Terrifyer (2004) #4105
44	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #983 The Sciences (2018) #1886 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #6113
45	Full of Hell 2009, United States Powerviolence, Deathgrind, Sludge Metal, Grindcore, Metalcore, Noise	Coagulated Bliss (2024) Full of Hell - Merzbow (2014) Weeping Choir (2019)
46	Russian Circles 2004, United States Post-Metal, Post-Rock	Enter (2006) Station (2008) Geneva (2009)
47	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Garden (2023) Inherit the Eden (2007) At Every Door (2013)
48	Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals 2011, United States Groove Metal, Sludge Metal	Walk Through Exits Only (2013) #9070

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