DEFINITION
Sludge metal is a kind of heavy metal subgenre that is created by the combination of doom metal and hardcore punk. Its composition is hard/dense with a vociferous vocal and stands out with incompatible instruments and contrasting tempo. Also known as Sludge/Sludgecore. The term sludge is a metaphor that refers to slow and pale atmosphere of this mixture initiated by metal and punk. While the bands have the pessimistic tendency of doom metal in heavy rhythms, there are also examples integrated into the speed of hardcore punk.
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
While Melvins of Washington laid the foundation for both the grunge and sludge metal field in the 1980s, some sector environments claim that Lynyrd Skynyrd, Greg Ginn, Trouble, Saint Vitus, Gore and Swans; who were influential for genre according to Black Sabbath, Black Flag and the genre's leading names. The initial sludge conception was incorporated into Flipper's slow punk boundaries, and Swans's work "Cop" and Black Flag's "My War" were assumed to be skeletal for genre by some circles. Melvins's early recordings Six Songs (1986) and Gluey Porch Treatments (1987) were considered the first sludge recordings. Early sludge metal bands are also inspired by industrial names like CMB, Chrome and Swans.
Alice in Chains, another group that first appeared on the Grunge scene was featured in the early sludge names with their first productions; meanwhile Neurosis from Oakland was not fall from the current. In the early 1990s, several names from Louisiana developed the sludge species that had this effect and tendency; Globally known are Eyehategod, Crowbar and Acid Bath, Buzzov•en/Grief from the east side. Phil Anselmo describes his view of the developing genre as follows: "Everything was fast, fast and fast in the ground. It was the rule of the day. But when Melvins first appeared with Gluey Porch Treatments, the molds were really broken, especially in New Orleans. However, all the old Black Sabbath is back, you start digging and you come across Saint Vitus, Witchfinder and Pentagram. "
FURTHER PRODUCTIONS
Accompanied by the sludge concept that spans the southern and eastern US territory, Jose Carlos Santos drew attention to the shift of focus created by their first albums in his critique of the British band Iron Monkey: "Coincidence or not, sludge sets began to open up to the rest of the world, and in the last decade to mention mini scenes or small projects could be seen in any country you want." The advanced productions were given examples of contemporary bands such as Corrupted, Dumb Numbers, Lair of the Minotaur, Old Man Gloom and Kylesa, while Georgia was identified as a sludge source with reference to names such as Mastodon, Baroness and Black Tusk. In the late 1990s, many types of sludge metal bands synthesized with post-rock/metal elements and this post-rock/sludge transition was influenced by Neurosis's experimental style from early to mid 1990s. For the practitioners names such as Isis, Pelican and Cult of Luna were recorded.
DISTRIBUTION OF MIXED PRODUCTIONS
16 (hardcore punk and sludge metal)
Alice in Chains (sludge metal, grunge and alternative metal)
Baroness (sludge metal and progressive metal)
Inter Arma (death doom metal, sludge metal and black metal)
Buzzov•en (sludge metal and hardcore punk)
Boris (drone metal, stoner metal and sludge metal)
Cancer Bats (sludge metal, hardcore punk and southern rock)
Circle Takes the Square (sludge metal, screamo and post-hardcore)
Dystopia (crust punk and sludge metal)
Fudge Tunnel (sludge metal, noise rock and alternative metal)
Helms Alee (post-hardcore, sludge metal and shoegaze)
KEN Mode (sludge metal, noise rock and post-hardcore)
Kingdom of Sorrow (hardcore punk, sludge metal and metalcore)
Lair of the Minotaur (sludge metal, doom metal and thrash metal)
Mastodon (progressive metal, sludge metal and alternative metal)
Mistress (sludge metal and death metal)
Nights Like These (deathcore and sludge metal)
Tombs (black metal, post-metal and sludge metal)
Part Chimp (sludge metal and noise rock)
Raw Radar War (hardcore punk, crust and sludge metal)
Slugdge (blackened death metal, sludge metal and progressive metal)
Sofa King Killer (stoner rock/metal and sludge metal)
Soilent Green (sludge metal and grindcore)
This Gift Is a Curse (sludge metal, black metal and post-hardcore/metal)
Godflesh (industrial metal and sludge metal)
Will Haven (sludge metal, post-hardcore and noisecore)
Fall of Efrafa (neocrust, post-metal and sludge metal)
Celeste (black metal, sludge and post-hardcore)
Khanate (drone, doom metal and sludge metal)
Black Flag (hardcore punk, post-hardcore and sludge metal)
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The statement also writes the groups in which the subfunctions begin and end:
Doom/Stoner: Primitive Man - SubRosa, Post-Metal: Rosetta - Tesa, Mixed Sludge: 16 - Entropia
In Addition: It's one of my favorite places for a long time. In terms of accessibility I left the mixed genres in English and added different groups to playlist because some groups on chart not in spotify. In general you can get an idea of the table/species that it is affected by. My favorite sludge piece is the "Perséphone" duo of Year of No Light. Stay good yall.
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