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Bursting, Smoking & Distorting Stories (A Lesson In Sludge & Stoner By Guib)

Welcome everybody to a little lesson on the history of Sludge & Stoner Metal. I'm Guib and today I have the immense pleasure to serve as your humble teacher.

Please take a seat and travel with me through time as we explore the very best of those two, often blurred, genres. The goal here is simple, I want to get you familiarized with the styles. I want you to understand where they come from through albums on a timeline and while we're at it get a sweet selection of great releases that you might not know and that, hopefully, will get you hooked to explore even more!

But this is a classroom and in my classroom there are a few rules. We want to keep this clean, clear and prevent having a 500+ albums mess. So here are the rules we'll follow throughout this lesson.

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1. We will settle for a maximum of 4 albums per year and they will be listed from oldest to newest. Makes it simple to navigate. Those releases will represent what I consider to be hallmarks of the genres for that year. Essentials if you want, yes? Of course, I'll sprinkle a bit of my personality here and there so you will find some unorthodox choices and some less known albums from time to time. It would be boring otherwise... and also why not?

2. We will begin the journey with Melvins' "Gluey Porch Treatments" released in 1987. Why? Because it is arguably the first album to be widely considered as Sludge.

3. The list will mostly feature studio albums. So no Demos & bare minimum when it comes to EPs if any at all. Thank you.

4. I am not going to include releases by Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Hawkwind, etc... I fully understand and recognize the influence older bands had on Stoner Rock, but this is not the list for them.

5. Lastly, not really a rule but more of a note. Considering that we're talking about Sludge & Stoner, it is inevitable that Doom, Post, Progressive, Grunge & Hardcore acts will be featured in this list. Those genres simply go together naturally and are often mixed so do not be alarmed!

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That is it, I hope you will all discover something to enjoy through my little history lesson. Also, do not hesitate to comment below if you agree or disagree with some of my picks. After all, this is a classroom and debate is invited as it can be fun and educative. As long everything's done respectfully, of course.

Enjoy & Have Fun... Class dismissed!

NOTE: I will now add my picks for best album of the year using this format (best of xxxx) in the chosen album's description.

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Guib's best Sludge/Stoner Album Picks

Best Of 2023:
Urne - A Feast On Sorrow

Best Of 2024 So Far:
O Zorn! - Vermillion Haze

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Last Update: March 27th, 2024

1.Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments
2.Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
3.Oxbow - Fuckfest
4.Melvins - Ozma
5.Soundgarden - Louder Than Love

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Created by Guib on 13.08.2023



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 2004

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2004 was a another good year, especially for my favorite genres Symphonic metal and power metal, even if it wasn't the strongest overall year for metal the 2000's started pretty slowly for metal, but 2004 was a fantastic year for other music genres

1.Haggard - Eppur Si Muove
2.Ayreon - The Human Equation
3.Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
4.Nightwish - Once
5.Wintersun - Wintersun

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Created by Handala on 29.09.2022



Top 20 Post Metal Albums

1.The Ocean - Pelagial
2.Harakiri For The Sky - III: Trauma
3.Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm
4.Isis - Panopticon
5.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 05.05.2022



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Andy's top ranked 10 Minutes+ songs 🤘🤘

All my favourite songs that are 10 minutes+

1.Rush - 2112
2.Deep Purple - In Rock
3.The Doors - The Doors
4.Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
5.Rush - Hemispheres

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 23.08.2021



Cult Of Luna Ranking

Top for my favorite band !

1.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal
2.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]
3.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
4.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear
5.Cult Of Luna - The Raging River

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Created by Charlotbk on 16.03.2021



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Top 200 Overrated Albums

**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent update) - some of them multiple times - so I feel I can give my honest opinion.

The purpose of this is to list and order the albums that I simply don't "get" and to try re-listening to them in the hope of understanding why they've received so many 9 and 10 votes.

Ordered by my rating then MS rating then number of votes.

Updated: 03-Jan-24

My other lists:
Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated)
Top 25 EPs (also ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

1.Anathema - Judgement
2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
3.Anathema - Alternative 4
4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
5.Motörhead - Overkill

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Created by nonZero on 19.02.2021



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All-Time Personal Favorites

Since I discovered MS, I got introduced to a lot of great albums/EPs that hadn't been mentioned from other sources, and I'm really thankful for all the discoveries from all kinds of people in this site. So I decided to make a personal all-time best MS albums list myself! Enjoy~~

(bands are in alphabetical order)

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
3.Agents Of Oblivion - Agents Of Oblivion
4.Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
5.Alcest - Kodama

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Created by SS on 20.10.2020



My Top 20 Albums

1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
2.Rammstein - Mutter
3.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
4.The Gathering - Mandylion
5.Alice In Chains - Dirt

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Created by Angaroth on 15.05.2018



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KB's Favorite Albums Of All Time (Only Metal)

Here is my provisional favorite-metal-albums-of-all-time-list! Enjoy!
The first 10 albums are in pretty accurate order. However, after that, it becomes harder and harder to separate the albums clearly. Thus, you can say that I enjoy album x on the list as much as the others in the interval of (x-5) to (x+5). For example album 37 would be as much enjoyed as 32, 33, 34, ..., 42, or something like that.

1.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
2.Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendor
3.Grand Alchemist - Intervening Coma-Celebration
4.Opeth - Blackwater Park
5.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

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Created by Kuroboshi on 06.02.2013



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The Best Metal Albums Of The 2000s

My choices for the best things to happen to metal between 2000 and 2009.

1.Kayo Dot - Choirs Of The Eye
2.Ayreon - 01011001
3.Extol - Synergy
4.Opeth - Blackwater Park
5.Krallice - Krallice

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Created by untosheol on 09.02.2012



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The Best Shit On MS

My top 100 metal albums of all time (featured on MS).

- one album per band.
- in alphabetical order.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)
2.Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
4.Agruss - Morok
5.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

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Created by Paz on 21.12.2011



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Top 15 Post-Metal Albums

This is a list of my favorite post-metal albums (in order).

1.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
2.Cult Of Luna - Salvation
3.Isis - Panopticon
4.Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
5.Rosetta - Wake / Lift

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Created by Bad Taste on 20.10.2011



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Onirismo ...

You know, I think I'm kind of... out of myself ...

1.Agalloch - The White
2.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
3.Akelei - De Zwaarte Van Het Doorstane
4.Alcest - Le Secret
5.Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit

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Created by Amo del Merol on 28.09.2011



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Doom...

Slow/Post/Depress/Funeral/Love/Gloom/Beauty/Sorrow/Obscure/Cold/Avantgarde/Atmospheric/Diferente...

1.A Forest Of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves Of Spring
2.Ablaze In Hatred - Deceptive Awareness
3.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
5.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

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Created by Amo del Merol on 08.07.2011



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*Treasure Tracks Volume #1*

Rather than just make another "Best *insert genre here* album* I thought I'd make a list of the five songs currently moving me. These tracks will be songs I haven't listened to in a while or new ones I've recently discovered to go along with the treasure theme. **Last Update 07/04/2011**

1.Cult Of Luna - Salvation
2.Akercocke - Antichrist
3.Pantheïst - Pantheist
4.Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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Created by Pyramid God on 05.07.2011