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Formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1998 by bassist and vocalist Dave "Dixie" Collins, a veteran of the sludge act Buzzoven, Weedeater channel the heaviest elements of Southern doom and noise rock into a characteristically filthy, low-register rumble. Their debut ...And Justice for Y'all (2001) and Sixteen Tons (2003) appeared on Berserker Records before the band joined Southern Lord for God Luck and Good Speed. Their most recent album, Goliathan (2015), continued the uncompromising approach that made them central figures in the North Carolina heavy underground.
Sludge metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2018. Weedrunk channels heavy, intoxicating sludge from Russia's northern cultural capital.
Death, doom, and sludge metal band from Gliwice, Poland emerging in 2025. Weedvoid merges the heaviest extreme metal subgenres into a crushing triple-genre assault from the Upper Silesian industrial basin.
Stoner, sludge, and doom metal band from Bolzano, Italy emerging in 2024. Weedzing channels the heavy atmospheres of the South Tyrolean Alps into crushing stoner/doom from the Dolomite region.
Formed in DeKalb, Illinois in 2004, Weekend Nachos established themselves as one of the most uncompromising forces in American powerviolence, combining blast-beat ferocity with lurching sludge breakdowns and unflinching lyrical confrontation. After a debut full-length on Cowabunga Records, the band released four albums through Relapse Records — Unforgivable (2009), Worthless (2011), Still (2013), and the farewell Apology (2016) — before their 2017 retirement and eventual 2023 reunion. Their influence on the intersection of powerviolence and sludge has been substantial.
Minnesota's West Coast Incident formed in 2023, their name carrying an ironic geographic displacement that suits a band playing death and sludge metal far from either coast. Their hybrid of death metal's aggression and sludge metal's crawling density is well-suited to the brutal Minnesota winters that the Twin Cities underground has always converted into heavy music. Strange name, straightforward devastation.
Sludge and doom metal band from Essen, Germany formed in 2017. Weyed channels the gritty industrial character of the Ruhr Valley into crushing sludge and doom metal riffs.
Stoner and sludge metal four-piece from Munich featuring Kosta Karakatsanis, Simon Hanke, Moritz Brengel, and Stanislav Bacherikov. Their 2014 demo showcases a blend of progressive, sludge, and stoner metal across tracks like Witches In The Sky and The Tower.
Doom and sludge metal band from Brighton, England formed in 2018. Whale Bone channels oppressive heaviness through a doom/sludge hybrid from the south coast seaside city.
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