Early Sludge Metal outside out of NOLA
Sludge metal exists as a perplexing combination of Doom metal and Hardcore Punk. The seeds of Sludge metal constructed itself in the works of Black Flag and Flipper; whose works, My War and Album: Generic Flipper, deployed a groundwork for Sludge metal. Eventually groups such as the Melvins, Crowbar, Eyehategod would start to release works in the late 80s and early 90s, thus conceiving Sludge metal. These Sludge acts would be essential to the development of the genre, and even influence other Sludge bands later on. They were not the only ones, though. Sludge developed in other areas other than NOLA like Nottingham, U.K. (Iron Monkey), Wilmington, U.S. (Buzzov•en), and Oakland, U.S. (Dystopia). All these other Sludge bands invented their own styles independent from one another. This is interesting. Largely the variety of influences that would dominate each band. I will focus my sights on each of the 90s and some of the 80s, one group, and one particular album from their discographi...