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Comment by kubanczyk

4 hours ago

Sludge metal, where else...

Mastodon isn't sludge in any way, mate... sludge is hardcore punk + (proto) doom metal. It's what the Melvins, the B-side of Black Flags's My War and early Flippers spawned, so mostly the NOLA scene (Eyehategod, Crowbar, Down, Acid Bath, Buzzoven, etc...) and "others" (Grief, Floor, 16).

Perhaps we need a word to disambiguate "atmosludge" from actual sludge, for the same reason "skramz" was invented.

  • If there’s no bug infested dreadlocks then it ain’t sludge!

    Except Dixie Dave. Eyes crossed from Jim beam and cough syrup works too.