Best Sludge Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #262 Blood Mountain (2006) #397 Leviathan (2004) #689
2	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Dawn to Fear (2019) #1132 Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1406 The Raging River (2021) [EP]
3	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #357 Anthropocentric (2010) Heliocentric (2010) #1645
4	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Times of Grace (1999) #534 Through Silver in Blood (1996) #1004 Souls at Zero (1992) #1486
5	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Panopticon (2004) #846 Oceanic (2002) #1071 Wavering Radiant (2009) #4883
6	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Red Album (2007) #2255 Yellow & Green (2012) #2547 Blue Record (2009) #3524
7	Pig Destroyer 1997, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal	Terrifyer (2004) #1451 Explosion in Ward 6 (1998) [EP] #2759 Prowler in the Yard (2001) #3247
8	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #1031 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
9	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	The Sciences (2018) #1854 Dopesmoker (2003) #2871 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #5091
10	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Flood (2000) #1035 Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) Pink (2005)
11	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1257 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1439 Snakes for the Divine (2010) #3194
12	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1580 Ótta (2014) #1749 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1793
13	Agoraphobic Nosebleed 1994, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Bestial Machinery (2005) [Compilation] Honkey Reduction (1998) #4309 Agorapocalypse (2009) #4997
14	Crowbar 1989, United States Sludge Metal	Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) #3686 Odd Fellows Rest (1998) #4223 Symmetry in Black (2014)
15	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2124 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020) Mirror Reaper (2017) #4387
16	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	Asheran (2017) #1103 Etemen Ænka (2021) Progenitor (2013) [EP]
17	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #4408 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
18	Dragged into Sunlight 2006, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Death Metal, Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Hatred for Mankind (2009) #1533 WidowMaker (2012) NV (2015)
19	Acid Bath 1991, United States Sludge Metal	When the Kite String Pops (1994) #1758 Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) #4983 Screams of the Butterfly (1992) [Demo]
20	Godflesh 1988, United Kingdom Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal	Streetcleaner (1989) #2369 Hymns (2001) A World Lit Only by Fire (2014) #6035
21	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Our Raw Heart (2018) #3016 Catharsis (2003) The Unreal Never Lived (2005)
22	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] Wiseblood (1996) #7085 Blind (1991)
23	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1574 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5983
24	Thou 2005, United States Sludge Metal, Drone Metal, Doom Metal	Summit (2010) Magus (2018) Rhea Sylvia (2018) [EP]
25	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3605
26	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Pelican (2003) [EP]
27	Mammoth Grinder 2005, United States Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal, Death Metal	Rage and Ruin (2008) #2289 Cosmic Crypt (2018) No Results (2008)
28	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) #3871 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
29	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	3750 (2004) It Comes in Waves (2019) #4596 Wormwood (2010)
30	Dopethrone 2008, Canada Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	1312 (2016) [EP] Transcanadian Anger (2018) Dark Foil (2011)
31	Julie Christmas United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore	Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] Mariner (2016) #5823 The Bad Wife (2010)
32	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Hostile Ambient Takeover (2002) Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Houdini (1993) #6824
33	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Determinism of Morality (2010) Quintessential Ephemera (2015) Wake / Lift (2007)
34	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) Paradise Gallows (2016) #6993 Sky Burial (2013)
35	Eyehategod 1988, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Dopesick (1996) #4504 Take as Needed for Pain (1993) #8382 In the Name of Suffering (1992)
36	Ufomammut 1999, Italy Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Eve (2010) Oro: Opus Primum (2012) Idolum (2008)

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