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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. - - - - - The Rules - - - - - 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! - - - - - - - - - - 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. - Guib - - - - - - - - - - - Guib's best Sludge/Stoner Album Picks Best Of 2023: Urne - A Feast On Sorrow Best Of 2024 So Far: O Zorn! - Vermillion Haze - - - - - - - - - - Last Update: April 27th, 2024
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Created by Guib
on 13.08.2023
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Currently Listening... (January 2023 Edition) These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)
- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery that I find exceptionally special! - A flame (🔥) denotes an album that I've heard before, enjoyed, and am revisiting this month!
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Created by F3ynman2000
on 02.01.2023
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Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List) This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use for personal organization, not a definitive account of the best or all of the death metal out there; there will probably be albums or bands that are not death metal in the strictest sense. You'll find some OSDM, melodeath, tech death, death-doom, maybe a bit of deathcore, I don't know. Maybe some non-death metal albums by death metal bands that I put in here just because.
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Created by ScreamingSteelUS
on 15.04.2022
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My Top 50 Albums Of 2015
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Created by JHK
on 06.03.2022
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Best Of 2015 Death Metal Going backwards in time still, here's the 2015 list. Let me know what I missed!
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Created by Jaro
on 02.02.2022
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Top 25 Album Covers #1 - Eaten Back To Life
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Created by Fallen22
on 05.02.2020
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150 Albums To Become An Adult To: 2010-2019 I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters degree and one PhD later, I'm now a tax-paying Londonian, and have ploughed through what must be comfortably over 2000 new releases during the previous ten years. To commemorate the end of a turbulent decade, I've put together a list of the albums that have stuck with me throughout this decade - I wouldn't consider this to be a 'best albums' list, as there have been some truly ingenious works released in more avant-garde territories, but ultimately these are the albums that have ended up dominating my listening habits, or otherwise making a sufficient impression to make this list.
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Created by musclassia
on 27.12.2019
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2015
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Created by Marc-Antoine
on 24.05.2019
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The 25 Best Albums of 2015
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Created by Ocean Sage
on 04.03.2016
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2015: I Like My Metal As I Like My Pussy - Cheap and Available in Different Formats Updated 10/4/18
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Created by Dangerboner
on 05.02.2016
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My Personal TOP2015 I'm not saying anything apart from that these hit me the hardest last year. Feel free to comment, recommend or just hate my taste.
Honorable mentions: Bell Witch - Four Phantoms | Remmirath - Shambhala Vril Saucers | Tribulation - Children of the Night | Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
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Created by boo-boo
on 07.01.2016
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2015: The List That Made Happy Pardon the awful title, I thought it was funny and a play on Ahab's "The Thing That Made Search", but hey, not every joke is a winner.
Here is my list for the Top albums of 2015. No grading system like last year. Real list, no gimmicks. Albums are ordered based on preference and subject to change at random, with expanded number of albums or ordering.
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Created by Chobo_jokeR
on 08.09.2015
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2015: One O' Dem Best Of Lists (Jul-Dec) Been a bit slow checking releases around the halfway point of the year, but should get back into it soon and hopefully flesh out this list.
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Created by musclassia
on 14.08.2015
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2015 Album Recommendations Due to new developments and time constraints, I have streamlined this back into one list. I have taken off anything that I did not care for, so just consider it a list of recommended listens. You can find full reviews on Metal Trenches (MT) in most cases. Also jumping on the artwork bandwagon:
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Created by flightoficarus
on 26.02.2015
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2015 My top 50 albums from 2015.
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Created by Neachy
on 21.01.2015
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