Praying
Oakland's Praying has been trafficking in a heavy, corrosive blend of sludge, doom, and alternative metal since 2015, rooted in the Bay Area's tradition of bands that use sheer heaviness as emotional expression rather than mere spectacle. The alt-metal thread gives their sound an unexpected melodic accessibility that makes the sludge-doom density hit harder by contrast — ugly and abrasive in all the right moments, but never without purpose. Oakland's gritty character bleeds into every note.
Praying Shows
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Praying Discography
Vol.1: Heavier Than Thou
6 tracks
- 1 By Will Alone I Set My Mind in Motion 6:13
- 2 Barely Here 3:37
- 3 Heavy Load 7:18
- 4 Birthday Kill 4:28
- 5 Ugliest Guitar 5:11
- 6 It's Better to Know No One 6:59
8 tracks
- 1 R.S.H. 2:08
- 2 Bambi Sak 3:59
- 3 Jimmy Kafka 3:12
- 4 Karai Ampsu 13:31
- 5 Worst Song 4:53
- 6 Stuffed Crust Punk 4:16
- 7 Borealis 9:57
- 8 Once More Without Feeling 4:24
7 tracks
- 1 Hidden Bastard 0:38
- 2 Bastard Gas 2:33
- 3 Introduction Bastard 1:34
- 4 Bastard Blast 2:02
- 5 B.B.C.O.D.A. 2:12
- 6 Noise Bastard Soliloquy, Pt. 1 6:18
- 7 The Evilbastard Which Sobs 7:48
The Thing Was Written With Salt
I’m No Healer
9 tracks
- 1 Greatest Hits 4:15
- 2 Stoner 4:20
- 3 Sweats 3:08
- 4 Echo Chamber 4:02
- 5 Empty Music 5:53
- 6 The Land Blocks Our View of the Sky 8:40
- 7 Grass 3:39
- 8 Secondhand Sweats 3:52
- 9 In Circles 5:06
4 tracks
- 1 What smoky candle this wick has lit 7:17
- 2 I'm bad and I need you 5:20
- 3 The unknown of the cursed Earth 4:05
- 4 Love, make me a coward 7:17
Bug Bath / Praying Split
10 tracks
- 1 Hellsong: Broken 4:50
- 2 Hellshake 2:19
- 3 Pink Hell 3:01
- 4 Hellshower 2:07
- 5 Prelude to Hell 1:44
- 6 True Hellman 1:53
- 7 King of the Hell 1:58
- 8 Hellshine 5:23
- 9 Hellsong: Complete 3:12
- 10 Exit Hell 0:58
1 track
- 1 Duff 2:54
2 tracks
- 1 Life Pile 1:40
- 2 Hurt People 3:08
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