Best Atmospheric Sludge Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1544 Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] A Dawn to Fear (2019) #2063
2	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #430 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2366
3	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Times of Grace (1999) #716 Souls at Zero (1992) #1494 A Sun That Never Sets (2001) #1687
4	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Panopticon (2004) #1030 Oceanic (2002) #1052 Wavering Radiant (2009) #5130
5	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1263 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1636 Ótta (2014) #1639
6	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) #4035 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
7	Julie Christmas United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore	Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] Mariner (2016) #6679 The Bad Wife (2010)
8	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Determinism of Morality (2010) Wake / Lift (2007) Quintessential Ephemera (2015)
9	Fall of Efrafa United Kingdom Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Crust Punk	Inlé (2009) #5476 Owsla (2006) Down to Agony / Fall of Efrafa (2007) [Split]
10	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Pelican (2003) [EP]
11	Downfall of Gaia 2008, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ethic of Radical Finitude (2019) Atrophy (2016) Silhouettes of Disgust (2023)
12	Hollow Jan 2003, Korea Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Screamo, Experimental Rock	Day Off (2014) #3086 다떠위다 (2023) [EP] Rough Draft in Progress (2006) #4032
13	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	3750 (2004) It Comes in Waves (2019) #4819 Wormwood (2010)
14	Psychonaut 2013, Belgium Post-Metal	Unfold the God Man (2018) #658 Violate Consensus Reality (2022) Emerald (2021) [Split]
15	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7339 Sky Burial (2013)
16	Thou 2005, United States Sludge Metal, Drone Metal, Doom Metal	Summit (2010) Myopia (2022) Peasant (2008)
17	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #765 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
18	Russian Circles 2004, United States Post-Metal, Post-Rock	Enter (2006) Station (2008) Geneva (2009)

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