Best Sludge Metal Bands

54 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #220 Blood Mountain (2006) #357 Leviathan (2004) #775
2	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1611 Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] A Dawn to Fear (2019) #2075
3	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Times of Grace (1999) #1129 Through Silver in Blood (1996) #1527 Souls at Zero (1992) #1562
4	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #387 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2458
5	Crowbar 1990, United States Sludge Metal	Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) #2786 Symmetry in Black (2014) #5945 Odd Fellows Rest (1998) #6035
6	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Panopticon (2004) #1002 Oceanic (2002) #883 Wavering Radiant (2009) #5505
7	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	Death Is This Communion (2007) #1207 De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1071 Cometh the Storm (2024) #2256
8	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Red Album (2007) #2175 Stone (2023) #2464 Blue Record (2009) #3394
9	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #812 Cairn (2019) Myopia (2022)
10	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Etemen Ænka (2021) #1200 Asheran (2017) #1208 Voidkind (2024) #3471
11	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #3309 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
12	Acid Bath 1991, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	When the Kite String Pops (1994) #2708 Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) #8758 Screams of the Butterfly (1992) [Demo]
13	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1073 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5516
14	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #520 Pink (2005) #1193 Rock Dream (2007) [Live]
15	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3570
16	Thou 2005, United States Sludge Metal, Drone Metal, Doom Metal	Summit (2010) Myopia (2022) Peasant (2008)
17	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1343 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1699 Ótta (2014) #2024
18	Chat Pile 2019, United States Noise Rock, Sludge Metal	God's Country (2022) #4641 Cool World (2024) #6019 This Dungeon Earth (2019) [EP]
19	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) #5996 New Heaven (2024) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7914
20	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) #4294 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
21	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Ephemeral (2009) [EP]
22	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Thunderball (2025) Houdini (1993) #5738
23	Eyehategod 1988, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Eyehategod (2014) A History of Nomadic Behavior (2021) Dopesick (1996) #9064
24	Godflesh 1988, United Kingdom Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal	Purge (2023) Streetcleaner (1989) #5737 Post Self (2017)
25	Julie Christmas United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore	Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] Mariner (2016) #7169 Ridiculous and Full of Blood (2024)
26	KEN mode 1999, Canada Sludge Metal, Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock	Reprisal (2006) Loved (2018) Mennonite (2008)
27	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Determinism of Morality (2010) Wake / Lift (2007) Quintessential Ephemera (2015)
28	Sumac 2014, Canada Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Love in Shadow (2018) What One Becomes (2016) #7389 The Healer (2024)
29	Fall of Efrafa United Kingdom Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Crust Punk	Inlé (2009) #5888 Elil (2007) Owsla (2006)
30	Dopethrone 2008, Canada Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	1312 (2016) [EP] Transcanadian Anger (2018) Demonsmoke (2009)
31	Psychonaut 2013, Belgium Post-Metal	Unfold the God Man (2018) #685 Violate Consensus Reality (2022) #2462 World Maker (2025)
32	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Our Raw Heart (2018) #3260 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5538
33	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	3750 (2004) It Comes in Waves (2019) #5167 Wormwood (2010)
34	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
35	Downfall of Gaia 2008, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ethic of Radical Finitude (2019) Atrophy (2016) Silhouettes of Disgust (2023)
36	Hollow Jan 2003, Korea Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Screamo, Experimental Rock	Day Off (2014) #3269 다떠위다 (2023) [EP] Rough Draft in Progress (2006) #4292
37	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Wiseblood (1996) #8511
38	Life of Agony 1989, United States Alternative Metal	River Runs Red (1993) #7639 Ugly (1995) #7897 1989-1999 (1999) [Compilation]
39	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #784 The Sciences (2018) #1931 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3843
40	Regarde les Hommes Tomber 2011, France Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Black Metal	Exile (2015) #5962 Ascension (2020) Regarde les hommes tomber (2013)
41	Phyllomedusa 2007, United States Gorenoise, Goregrind, Sludge Metal, Harsh Noise Wall, Raw Black Metal, Slamming Brutal Death Metal	Fijian Fantasies (2019) Fijian Holiday (2016) Molesting the Frogeater (2010) [EP]
42	Full of Hell 2009, United States Powerviolence, Deathgrind, Sludge Metal, Grindcore, Metalcore, Noise	Coagulated Bliss (2024) Broken Sword, Rotten Shield (2025) [EP] Full of Hell - Merzbow (2014)
43	Slugdge 2012, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Esoteric Malacology (2018) #1566 Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms (2015) Gastronomicon (2014)
44	Grief 1991, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Dismal (1993) Alive (2006) Miserably Ever After (1996)
45	Mammoth Grinder 2005, United States Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal, Death Metal	Rage and Ruin (2008) #2410 Cosmic Crypt (2018) No Results (2008)
46	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2508 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020) Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate (2023)
47	Fantômas 1998, United States Avant-garde Metal	Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Delirium Cordia (2004) The Director's Cut (2001)
48	Conan 2006, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Horseback Battle Hammer (2010) [EP] Monnos (2012) Revengeance (2016)
49	Code Orange 2008, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	I Am King (2014) The Above (2023) Underneath (2020) #8988
50	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1983 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018) #5987

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