Best Sludge Metal Albums
84 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Crack the Skye (2009) | 91.3 | 51 | 3 |
| 2 |  | Blood Mountain (2006) | 92.9 | 21 | 1 |
| 3 |  | Pelagial (2013) | 92.9 | 21 | 1 |
| 4 |  | Leviathan (2004) | 88.6 | 31 | 2 |
| 5 |  | Yodh (2016) | 89.7 | 22 | 2 |
| 6 |  | Hushed and Grim (2021) | 90.4 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 |  | More Constant Than the Gods (2013) | 94.2 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 |  | Times of Grace (1999) | 92.2 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 |  | Etemen Ænka (2021) | 96.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 |  | Death Is This Communion (2007) | 93 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 |  | Asheran (2017) | 90 | 14 | 2 |
| 12 |  | Panopticon (2004) | 90.2 | 13 | 1 |
| 13 |  | Oceanic (2002) | 89.5 | 13 | 1 |
| 14 |  | Through Silver in Blood (1996) | 90 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 |  | Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) | 90.6 | 9 | 2 |
| 16 |  | Svartir Sandar (2011) | 91.4 | 7 | 0 |
| 17 |  | De vermis mysteriis (2012) | 91.4 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 |  | Souls at Zero (1992) | 90.7 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 |  | A Dawn to Fear (2019) | 87.5 | 14 | 1 |
| 20 |  | Red Album (2007) | 87.5 | 13 | 1 |
| 21 |  | 90.8 | 6 | 1 | |
| 22 |  | 93.3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 23 |  | Violate Consensus Reality (2022) | 93.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 |  | Cometh the Storm (2024) | 90 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 |  | When the Kite String Pops (1994) | 86.3 | 14 | 1 |
| 26 |  | Vertikal (2013) | 88.1 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 |  | Luminiferous (2015) | 90 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 |  | Blue Record (2009) | 86.9 | 10 | 1 |
| 29 |  | Our Raw Heart (2018) | 91.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 |  | Day Off (2014) | 91.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 |  | Stone (2023) | 91.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 |  | NOLA (1995) | 84.1 | 17 | 1 |
| 33 |  | Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018) | 86.7 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 |  | The Raging River (2021) [EP] | 90 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 |  | 죽일까 살릴까 (2013) | 85.6 | 11 | 0 |
| 36 |  | Remission (2002) | 83.1 | 15 | 1 |
| 37 |  | Salvation (2004) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 |  | 차연 (Différance) (2012) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 |  | Voidkind (2024) | 85.7 | 7 | 0 |
| 40 |  | A Sun That Never Sets (2001) | 87 | 5 | 1 |
| 41 |  | God's Country (2022) | 87 | 5 | 0 |
| 42 |  | Love Is Not Enough (2026) | 85.8 | 6 | 2 |
| 43 |  | Symmetry in Black (2014) | 87.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 |  | The Long Road North (2022) | 85 | 7 | 1 |
| 45 |  | Blessed Black Wings (2005) | 88.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 |  | Heliocentric (2010) | 88.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 47 |  | Odd Fellows Rest (1998) | 84.6 | 7 | 1 |
| 48 |  | Wavering Radiant (2009) | 86.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 49 |  | Cool World (2024) | 86.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 50 |  | Streetcleaner (1989) | 81.9 | 10 | 2 |
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