This is a list of bands that play sludge metal, or sludge, a genre of extreme music that originated through combining elements of doom metal and hardcore punk.
| Band | Formed | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 [1] | 1992 | United States | |
| Acid Bath [2] | 1991 | United States | |
| Agrimonia [3] | 2005 | Sweden | Also classed as crust punk and post-metal. [3] |
| Alice in Chains [4] [5] | 1987 | United States | Also classed as grunge, [6] alternative metal, [7] alternative rock, [8] and doom metal. [9] |
| Amenra [10] | 1999 | Belgium | Also classed as post-metal. |
| Baroness [11] | 2003 | United States | Also classed as progressive metal [12] and stoner metal. [11] |
| Big Business [13] | 2004 | United States | Also classed as stoner metal. [14] |
| Bison B.C. [15] | 2006 | Canada | Also classed as stoner metal [16] and doom metal. [17] |
| Black Tusk [18] | 2005 | United States | Also classed as stoner rock/metal [19] [20] and hardcore punk. [20] |
| Blood Circus [21] | 1988 | United States | |
| Body Void [22] | 2014 | United States | Also classed as doom metal. [22] |
| Bongzilla [23] | 1995 | United States | Also classed as stoner rock/metal. |
| Boris [24] | 1992 | Japan | Also classed as experimental metal [25] and drone metal. [24] |
| Burning Witch [26] | 1995 | United States | Also classed as doom metal [26] and stoner doom. [26] |
| Buzzoven [27] | 1990 | United States | |
| Cavity [28] | 1992 | United States | |
| Celeste [29] | 2005 | France | Also classed as post-hardcore and black metal. [29] |
| Chat Pile [30] | 2019 | United States | Also classed as noise rock. [31] |
| Conan [32] | 2006 | United Kingdom | Also classed as doom metal. [32] |
| Conjurer [33] | 2014 | United Kingdom | Also classed as post-metal [34] and doom metal. [35] |
| Corrosion of Conformity [36] | 1982 | United States | Also classed as stoner rock/metal [37] and southern metal. [38] |
| Corrupted [39] | 1994 | Japan | Also classed as doom metal and drone metal. |
| Crowbar [40] | 1990 | United States | |
| Cult of Luna [41] | 1998 | Sweden | Also classed as post-metal [42] and doom metal. [42] |
| Cultura Tres [43] [44] | 2006 | Venezuela | Also classed as doom metal [45] and groove metal. [46] |
| Down [36] | 1991 | United States | Also classed as southern metal [38] and stoner metal. [47] |
| Downthesun [48] | 1999 | United States | Also classed as nu metal [49] and alternative metal. [50] |
| Dragpipe [51] | 2001 | United States | Also classed as alternative metal, [52] nu metal, [53] and stoner rock. [51] |
| Dystopia [54] | 1991 | United States | Also classed as crust punk. [54] |
| Eyehategod [55] | 1988 | United States | |
| Fudge Tunnel [56] | 1988 | United Kingdom | Also classed as noise rock [56] and alternative metal. [57] |
| Gaza [58] | 2004 | United States | Also classed as mathcore [59] and grindcore. [58] |
| Godflesh [60] | 1988 | United Kingdom | Also classed as industrial metal [61] and experimental metal. [62] |
| Graves at Sea [63] | 2002 | United States | Also classed as doom metal. [64] |
| Greenmachine [65] | 1995 | Japan | Also classed as stoner metal. [66] |
| Grief [67] | 1991 | United States | |
| Harkonen [68] [69] | 1997 | United States | Also classed as post-hardcore [70] and math rock. [68] |
| Harvey Milk [71] | 1992 | United States | |
| Helms Alee [72] | 2007 | United States | Also classed as post-hardcore, [73] noise rock, [72] shoegaze, [72] and stoner metal. [72] |
| High on Fire [74] | 1998 | United States | Also classed as stoner metal, [75] doom metal, [76] and thrash metal. [77] |
| Isis [78] | 1997 | United States | Also classed as post-metal. [79] |
| Iron Monkey [80] | 1994 | United Kingdom | |
| Jucifer [81] | 1993 | United States | Also classed as noise rock. [82] |
| Keelhaul [83] | 1997 | United States | Also classed as mathcore [84] and post-hardcore. [85] |
| KEN Mode [86] | 1999 | Canada | Also classed as noise rock [87] and post-hardcore. [88] |
| Kingdom of Sorrow [89] | 2005 | United States | Also classed as metalcore. |
| Knut [90] | 1994 | Switzerland | Also classed as mathcore. [91] |
| Kylesa [92] | 2001 | United States | Also classed as stoner rock/metal. [92] |
| Lody Kong [93] | 2011 | United States | Also classed as hardcore punk, grunge and thrash metal. |
| Lair of the Minotaur [94] | 2003 | United States | Also classed as thrash metal. [95] |
| Mantar [96] | 2012 | Germany | |
| Mastodon [97] | 2000 | United States | Also classed as progressive metal [98] and stoner metal. [99] |
| Melvins [100] | 1983 | United States | Also classed as alternative rock, [101] experimental rock, [102] grunge, [103] noise rock, [104] and stoner rock. [105] |
| Mico de Noche [106] | 2001 | United States | Also classed as stoner metal. [107] |
| Minsk [108] [109] | 2002 | United States | Also classed as post-metal [110] and doom metal. [110] |
| Mistress [111] | 1999 | United Kingdom | Also classed as grindcore and death metal. [111] [112] |
| Neurosis [113] | 1985 | United States | Also classed as post-metal. [113] |
| Nightstick [114] | 1992 | United States | Also classed as noise rock and acid rock. [114] |
| Nirvana [115] | 1987 | United States | The band’s earliest work, Bleach is described as sludge metal. [115] [116] Generally described as grunge and alternative rock. |
| Norma Jean [117] | 1997 | United States | Also classed as mathcore, [118] metalcore, [119] post-hardcore, [120] and nu metal (early, as Luti-Kriss). [121] |
| The Ocean [122] | 2000 | Germany | Also classed as progressive metal, post-metal, and experimental metal. [123] |
| Old Man Gloom [124] | 1999 | United States | Also classed as post-metal. [125] |
| Part Chimp [126] | 2000 | United Kingdom | Also classed as noise rock. [126] |
| Raging Speedhorn [127] | 1998 | United Kingdom | Also classed as extreme metal, [128] hardcore punk, [129] stoner metal, [130] and nu metal (early). [131] |
| Raw Radar War [132] | 2002 | United States | Also classed as hardcore punk and crust punk. [132] |
| Red Fang [133] | 2005 | United States | Also classed as stoner rock/metal. |
| Sofa King Killer [134] | 1999 | United States | Also classed as stoner rock/metal. |
| Shallow North Dakota [135] | 1993 | Canada | Also classed as noise rock. [136] |
| Soilent Green [137] | 1988 | United States | Also classed as grindcore. [138] |
| Sourvein [139] | 1993 | United States | Also classed as doom metal. [140] |
| Stake [141] | 2004 | Belgium | Also classed as post-rock/metal. [142] [143] |
| Sumac [144] | 2014 | Canada / United States | Also classed as post-metal. |
| Sunrot [145] | 2013 | United States | Also classed as doom metal. |
| Superjoint Ritual [146] [147] | 1993 | United States | Also classed as hardcore punk. [147] |
| Thou [148] | 2005 | United States | |
| Torche [149] | 2004 | United States | Also classed as stoner rock/metal [149] and alternative rock. [150] |
| Totimoshi [151] | 1999 | United States | Also classed as noise rock, [152] alternative rock, [153] stoner rock/metal, [154] and alternative metal. [155] |
| Trenches [156] | 2007 | United States | Also classed as metalcore. [156] |
| Twitching Tongues [157] | 2009 | United States | Also classed as groove metal [158] and metalcore. [159] |
| Unpersons [160] | 1997 | United States | Also classed as hardcore, [160] stoner rock/metal, [160] doom metal, [160] and noise rock. [161] |
| Vorvaň [162] | 2009 | Russia | Also classed as hardcore punk. [162] |
| Weedeater [163] | 1998 | United States | Also classed as stoner metal. |
| Whores [164] | 2010 | United States | Also classed as noise rock. [164] |
| Willard [165] | 1989 | United States | Also classed as grunge, doom metal, and alternative metal. |
| Will Haven [166] | 1995 | United States | Also classed as metalcore, [167] post-hardcore, [168] and alternative metal. [166] |
| Year of No Light [169] | 2001 | France | Also classed as post-metal [170] and post-rock. [171] |
| Zozobra [124] | 2006 | United States | Also classed as post-metal. |
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