Top 55 sludge and post metal albums
My rank of the best post and/or sludge albums. I've not included Bands like Electric wizard and Yob because i consider them more on the Doom/stoner side. If you disagree argue like an human being, thanks. |
| 55 |  | We Lost the Sea
Departure Songs
Some of the best cosmic atmospheres i've heard, the opening is delightful |
| 54 |  | High on Fire
Death Is This Communion
Always thought this is their most complete work |
| 53 |  | Sunpocrisy
Samaroid Dioramas
Proggy and atmospheric, some complex riffs |
| 52 |  | Dystopia
Human = Garbage
This... This is maybe what cynism sounds like |
| 51 |  | Soilent Green
Sewn Mouth Secrets
Fast grind riffs alternated to slow sludge ones, the lyrics are, well... Listen to it |
| 50 |  | Jesu
Silver
One of the best Ep s ever |
| 49 |  | Turbid North
Orogeny
Death metal energy with sludgy atmospheres |
| 48 |  | Amenra
Mass III
Dark, heavy and deep |
| 47 |  | Crib45
Marching Through the Borderlines
Bet they like amenra, i like them a little more, love the jazz influences |
| 46 |  | Kylesa
Static Tensions
I admit i didn't recognize what gender the vocalist was, great psychedelic sludge |
| 45 |  | Black Pyramid
Black Pyramid
Singer sounds like a better Blaze Bailey, alway loved their guitar tone |
| 44 |  | Todtgelichter
Angst
Experimental post black metal with unique atmosphere |
| 43 |  | Hands
Give Me Rest
Some of the best metalcore vocals balanced with post rock atmospheres |
| 42 |  | Thence
These stones cry for the earth
A long 54 minutes post prog song, perfect for reading |
| 41 |  | Palehorse
Gee that ain't swell
Not accessible to everyone, like sludge should be |
| 40 |  | Callisto
Noir
This band influenced many others with their paticular sound |
| 39 |  | White Ward
Futility Report
Callisto fans indeed, but with a darker vibe and more jazzy elements |
| 38 |  | O'Brother
Garden Window
Basically indie rock with post atmosphere and a huge sludge sound, strange mix, but it works |
| 37 |  | Old Man Gloom
Christmas
This will make you feel uncomfortable, especially the "to be with you" cover |
| 36 |  | Floor
Floor
An awesome balance between super heavy instrumentation and soft vocals |
| 35 |  | Dirge (FR)
And Shall The Sky Descend
One of the most atmospherical sludge albums ever, few but very long songs |
| 34 |  | Crowbar
Sonic Excess in Its Purest Form
Some of the most iconic sludge works ever |
| 33 |  | Slugdge
Gastronomicon
Great musician, awesome vocals, pretty...uhm, singular lyrics? |
| 32 |  | Dragged Into Sunlight
Hatred For Mankind
Sludge black metal, one of the sickest and scuzziest albums ever |
| 31 |  | Red Harvest
HyBreed
Industrial sludge with great atmospheres and well structured sound |
| 30 |  | Alcest
Écailles De Lune
Some of the most elegant post/blackgaze albums out there |
| 29 |  | Intronaut
Valley of Smoke
Complex riffs and unusual time signatures in this proggy sludge work |
| 28 |  | Fall of Efrafa
Elil
They improved a lot from the first album, this is their most appeasing work yet |
| 27 |  | SubRosa
More Constant Than The Gods
Doom sludge with female vocals and oneiric vibes |
| 26 |  | Astronoid
Air
Are you black metal? Yes, but actually no. |
| 25 |  | The Angelic Process
Weighing Souls With Sand
Shoegaze sludge with dream-like sound |
| 24 |  | Deafheaven
Sunbather
This is like positive black metal, lots of contaminations such as shoegaze and trip hop |
| 23 |  | Eyehategod
Dopesick
Pure misanthropy, the best album by the anthem of sludge |
| 22 |  | Boris
Boris At Last -Feedbacker-
Starts like a common drone album, then escalates into a magnificent atmo-sludge in a |
| 21 |  | Kayo Dot
Choirs of the Eye
Avant garde post metal, what do you want more? |
| 20 |  | Nahemah
The Second Philosophy
Another post metal with lots of experimentations, pretty unique |
| 19 |  | Solstafir
Köld
1/3 black, 1/3 post and 1/3 Type o negative |
| 18 |  | Battle Of Mice
A Day Of Nights
Julie vocals are unique and made this album weird yet magnificent |
| 17 |  | Corrosion of Conformity
Deliverance
Sludge, stoner and southern rock fused in one of the best works in the genre |
| 16 |  | Down
NOLA
Phil vocals are top notch here, emotional and tough another iconic work |
| 15 |  | Mindrot
Soul
Underrated gem, some tracks are truly atmospheric others are pure adrenaline with even some nu metal roots |
| 14 |  | Rosetta
The Galilean Satellites
Half Post metal, half space rock, unmissable |
| 13 |  | Baroness
Blue Record
Happy sounding sludge with blues, psychedelic and hard rock influences |
| 12 |  | The Ocean
Precambrian
A sort of concept that goes through many ages as the music goes through many subgenres |
| 11 |  | Melvins
Houdini
The pioneers of the genre with their most sludgy album ever (imo) |
| 10 |  | Isis
Panopticon
The godfathers of post |
| 9 |  | Godflesh
Streetcleaner
The band that influenced sludge the more with their cacophony and dirty sound |
| 8 |  | Ghost Brigade
Isolation Songs
A lot of genres such as sludge, post, prog, melodeath and goth fused in a gloomy masterpiece |
| 7 |  | Blindead
Affliction XXIX II MCMXCVI
These guys are overlooked, their atmospheric sludge is unique, with prog influences and psychedelic vibes and dark lyrics |
| 6 |  | Obscure Sphinx
Void Mother
One of the darkest albums in the genre. Lullabies, Heavy riffs, gloomy lyrics and an overall creepy sound. Zofia is one of the best female singers in metal |
| 5 |  | Mastodon
Leviathan
Do i need to say more? |
| 4 |  | Cult of Luna
Somewhere Along the Highway
This album gives me goosebumps and a feeling of desolation |
| 3 |  | Neurosis
Through Silver in Blood
Probably the heaviest album ever, yet so elegant with it's crescendos |
| 2 |  | Agalloch
The Mantle
Post black with depressing vibes, maybe my favorite black album ever |
| 1 |  | Acid Bath
When the Kite String Pops
Without doubt the most fucked up album ever, lots of variety in the music, Dax is an awesome vocalist, their sound is dark and gritty and their lyrica deeply disturbing, One of my favorites albums ever |
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