Best Sludge Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #269 Blood Mountain (2006) #389 Hushed and Grim (2021) #923
2	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #301 Heliocentric (2010) #1483 Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020)
3	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Dawn to Fear (2019) #875 The Raging River (2021) [EP] Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1587
4	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Through Silver in Blood (1996) #769 Times of Grace (1999) #879 A Sun That Never Sets (2001) #1515
5	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Panopticon (2004) #899 Oceanic (2002) #2336 Wavering Radiant (2009) #4469
6	Pig Destroyer 1997, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal	Terrifyer (2004) #1314 Explosion in Ward 6 (1998) [EP] #2483 Prowler in the Yard (2001) #2938
7	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Yellow & Green (2012) #2177 Red Album (2007) #2194 Blue Record (2009) #3706
8	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #996 V (שמם) (2012) [Single] Hell / מזמור (2014) [Split]
9	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Flood (2000) #946 Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) Pink (2005)
10	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1437 Ótta (2014) #1566 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1606
11	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	The Sciences (2018) #1675 Dopesmoker (2003) #4575 Jerusalem (1999)
12	Agoraphobic Nosebleed 1994, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Bestial Machinery (2005) [Compilation] Honkey Reduction (1998) #3925 Agorapocalypse (2009) #4577
13	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1399 Death Is This Communion (2007) #2581 Snakes for the Divine (2010) #3448
14	Crowbar 1989, United States Sludge Metal	Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) #3344 Odd Fellows Rest (1998) #3838 Symmetry in Black (2014)
15	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3109 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
16	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2718 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020) Mirror Reaper (2017) #3992
17	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	Asheran (2017) #1054 Progenitor (2013) [EP] Aurora Majesty (2014) [EP]
18	Acid Bath 1991, United States Sludge Metal	When the Kite String Pops (1994) #1854 Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) #4562 Screams of the Butterfly (1992) [Demo]
19	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] Deliverance (1994) Wiseblood (1996) #6519
20	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1433 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5497
21	Godflesh 1988, United Kingdom Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal	Streetcleaner (1989) #4373 Hymns (2001) A World Lit Only by Fire (2014)
22	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Catharsis (2003) Our Raw Heart (2018) The Unreal Never Lived (2005)
23	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Pelican (2003) [EP]
24	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3790
25	Mammoth Grinder 2005, United States Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal, Death Metal	Rage and Ruin (2008) #2072 Cosmic Crypt (2018) No Results (2008)
26	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) #3518 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
27	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Hostile Ambient Takeover (2002) Houdini (1993) #4806 Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live]
28	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	It Comes in Waves (2019) Wormwood (2010) Death Is the Only Mortal (2012)
29	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Determinism of Morality (2010) Quintessential Ephemera (2015) Wake / Lift (2007)
30	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) Paradise Gallows (2016) #6445 Sky Burial (2013)
31	Eyehategod 1988, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Dopesick (1996) #4112 Take as Needed for Pain (1993) In the Name of Suffering (1992)
32	Ufomammut 1999, Italy Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Eve (2010) Oro: Opus Primum (2012) Idolum (2008)

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