Best Sludge Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #345 Blood Mountain (2006) #611 Leviathan (2004) #793
2	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #250 Heliocentric (2010) #1956 Anthropocentric (2010)
3	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Times of Grace (1999) #814 Through Silver in Blood (1996) #1030 Souls at Zero (1992) #2219
4	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Dawn to Fear (2019) #381 Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1493 Vertikal (2013) #2900
5	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Panopticon (2004) #902 Oceanic (2002) #2483 Wavering Radiant (2009) #4215
6	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Yellow & Green (2012) #2064 Red Album (2007) #2081 Purple (2015) #4246
7	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #1186 V (שמם) (2012) [Single] Hell / מזמור (2014) [Split]
8	Pig Destroyer 1997, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal	Explosion in Ward 6 (1998) #2336 Prowler in the Yard (2001) #2337 Book Burner (2012) #3158
9	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Flood (2000) #889 Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) Pink (2005)
10	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	The Sciences (2018) #2181 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3054 Dopesmoker (2003) #4312
11	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1265 Ótta (2014) #1614 Svartir Sandar (2011) #2023
12	Agoraphobic Nosebleed 1994, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Bestial Machinery (2005) [Compilation] Honkey Reduction (1998) #3223 Altered States of America (2003) #4871
13	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1310 Death Is This Communion (2007) #2424 Snakes for the Divine (2010) #3244
14	Crowbar 1989, United States Sludge Metal	Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) #3135 Odd Fellows Rest (1998) #3627 Symmetry in Black (2014)
15	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	Asheran (2017) #735 Progenitor (2013) [EP] Aurora Majesty (2014) [EP]
16	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3369 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
17	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2550 Mirror Reaper (2017) #2700 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020)
18	Acid Bath 1991, United States Sludge Metal	When the Kite String Pops (1994) #1511 Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) Screams of the Butterfly (1992) [Demo]
19	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Hostile Ambient Takeover (2002) Houdini (1993) #3143 Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live]
20	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1331 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5169
21	Godflesh 1988, United Kingdom Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal	Streetcleaner (1989) #4684 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	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] Deliverance (1994) Wiseblood (1996) #6138
24	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Pelican (2003) [EP]
25	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3574
26	Mammoth Grinder 2005, United States Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal, Death Metal	Rage and Ruin (2008) Cosmic Crypt (2018) No Results (2008)
27	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
28	Eyehategod 1988, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Dopesick (1996) #3886 Take as Needed for Pain (1993) Lack of Almost Everything (1990) [Demo]
29	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) Paradise Gallows (2016) #6068 Sky Burial (2013)
30	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Quintessential Ephemera (2015) Wake / Lift (2007) The Anaesthete (2013)
31	Ufomammut 1999, Italy Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Eve (2010) Oro: Opus Primum (2012) Idolum (2008)
32	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	It Comes in Waves (2019) Wormwood (2010) Death Is the Only Mortal (2012)

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