Best Sludge Metal Bands

45 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #234 Blood Mountain (2006) #415 Leviathan (2004) #781
2	Cult of Luna 1998, Sweden Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Somewhere Along the Highway (2006) #1545 Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] A Dawn to Fear (2019) #2061
3	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #430 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2369
4	Neurosis 1985, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Sludge Metal, Hardcore Punk	Times of Grace (1999) #715 Souls at Zero (1992) #1495 A Sun That Never Sets (2001) #1689
5	Isis 1997, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Panopticon (2004) #1030 Oceanic (2002) #1053 Wavering Radiant (2009) #5114
6	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #762 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
7	High on Fire 1998, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	De vermis mysteriis (2012) #1312 Death Is This Communion (2007) #1451 Luminiferous (2015) #3861
8	Baroness 2003, United States Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Stone (2023) Yellow & Green (2012) #2587 Red Album (2007) #2595
9	Dvne 2013, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Voidkind (2024) #1164 Asheran (2017) #1168 Etemen Ænka (2021)
10	Crowbar 1989, United States Sludge Metal	Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form (2001) #3929 Odd Fellows Rest (1998) #5403 Symmetry in Black (2014) #5524
11	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1033 No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011) #5122 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016)
12	Down 1991, United States Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal	NOLA (1995) #4602 Stone the Crow (1995) [Single] Down IV - Part II (2014) [EP]
13	Acid Bath 1991, United States Sludge Metal	When the Kite String Pops (1994) #3822 Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996) #8103 Screams of the Butterfly (1992) [Demo]
14	투견 (Tugyon) 1997, Korea Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	죽일까 살릴까 (2013) #3337
15	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1268 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1637 Ótta (2014) #1640
16	Jambinai 2009, Korea Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Korean Folk Music	ONDA (2019) 차연 (Différance) (2012) #4029 은서 (隱棲) (2016)
17	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7312 Sky Burial (2013)
18	Pelican 2001, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	Forever Becoming (2013) March Into the Sea (2005) [EP] Pelican (2003) [EP]
19	Godflesh 1988, United Kingdom Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal	Us and Them (1999) Purge (2023) Hymns (2001)
20	Thou 2005, United States Sludge Metal, Drone Metal, Doom Metal	Summit (2010) Myopia (2022) Peasant (2008)
21	Julie Christmas United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore	Mariner Live at De Kreun - Belgium (2018) [Live] Mariner (2016) #6654 The Bad Wife (2010)
22	Boris 1992, Japan Drone Metal, Stoner Metal, Sludge Metal, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Boris at Last - Feedbacker (2003) #1157 Pink (2005) #1158 Flood (2000) #2824
23	Rosetta 2003, United States Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal	A Determinism of Morality (2010) Wake / Lift (2007) Quintessential Ephemera (2015)
24	YOB 1996, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Our Raw Heart (2018) #3075 Catharsis (2003) Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014) #5138
25	The Acacia Strain 2001, United States Deathcore, Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Metalcore	3750 (2004) It Comes in Waves (2019) #4808 Wormwood (2010)
26	Norma Jean 1997, United States Metalcore, Mathcore	O' God, the Aftermath (2005) Redeemer (2006) Meridional (2010)
27	Downfall of Gaia 2008, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Ethic of Radical Finitude (2019) Atrophy (2016) Silhouettes of Disgust (2023)
28	Hollow Jan 2003, Korea Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk, Screamo, Experimental Rock	Day Off (2014) #3080 다떠위다 (2023) [EP] Rough Draft in Progress (2006) #4026
29	Corrosion of Conformity 1982, United States Stoner Metal, Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal, Crossover Thrash	Megalodon (2012) [EP] IX (2014) Animosity (1985)
30	KEN mode 1999, Canada Sludge Metal, Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock	Loved (2018) VOID (2023) NULL (2022)
31	Psychonaut 2013, Belgium Post-Metal	Unfold the God Man (2018) #656 Violate Consensus Reality (2022) Emerald (2021) [Split]
32	Life of Agony 1989, United States Alternative Metal	Ugly (1995) #7296 1989-1999 (1999) [Compilation] Soul Searching Sun (1997) #7708
33	Slugdge 2012, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Esoteric Malacology (2018) #1502 Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms (2015) Gastronomicon (2014)
34	Eyehategod 1988, United States Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Dopesick (1996) #8388 Take as Needed for Pain (1993) #8719 In the Name of Suffering (1992)
35	Mammoth Grinder 2005, United States Hardcore Punk, Sludge Metal, Death Metal	Rage and Ruin (2008) #2317 Cosmic Crypt (2018) No Results (2008)
36	Fantômas 1998, United States Avant-garde Metal	The Director's Cut (2001) Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Delirium Cordia (2004)
37	Conan 2006, United Kingdom Stoner Metal, Doom Metal	Horseback Battle Hammer (2010) [EP] Monnos (2012) Revengeance (2016)
38	Code Orange 2008, United States Metalcore, Hardcore Punk	I Am King (2014) Underneath (2020) #7876 The Above (2023)
39	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) #1914 Doomed Heavy Metal (2020) [EP] Desolation (2018)
40	Pig Destroyer 1997, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal	Prowler in the Yard (2001) #3265 Demo (1997) [Demo] Terrifyer (2004) #4078
41	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #980 The Sciences (2018) #1877 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #6062
42	Melvins 1983, United States Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Drone Metal, Noise Rock	Hostile Ambient Takeover (2002) Millennium Monsterwork (2002) [Live] Houdini (1993) #6464
43	Russian Circles 2004, United States Post-Metal, Post-Rock	Enter (2006) Station (2008) Geneva (2009)
44	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Garden (2023) Inherit the Eden (2007) At Every Door (2013)
45	Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals 2011, United States Groove Metal, Sludge Metal	Walk Through Exits Only (2013) #9004

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