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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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Stoner Rock - Metal

Fuzz Pedal, Psychedelia, Black Sabbath, Brant Byork, Dust, Desert, Sand, Ice, Skates,Long Jams in The Dunes, Boogies, Southern California, Acid, Dope, Oil, Gasoline, Evil Eye and UFO’s. Those are elements to consider before listening Stoner Music.
In the Decadence of Grunge Rock A bunch of guys leading by The multi instrumentist Brant Bjork, bring to life a kind of Masters Of Reality 90’s version more aggressive and Psychedelic the result was a great combination of Metal Psychedia, Doom and energy distorted calling Stoner Rock Metal

1.Kyuss - ...And The Circus Leaves Town
2.Colour Haze - Periscope
3.Vista Chino - Peace
4.Ché - Sounds Of Liberation
5.Fu Manchu - The Action Is Go

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Created by Blackcrowe on 17.05.2022



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BEST OF THE YEAR 2012

My Favorite Albums Of The Year \m/

1.Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real
2.Eluveitie - Helvetios
3.Kamelot - Silverthorn
4.Wintersun - Time I
5.Witchcraft - Legend

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Created by TheNordicGamer on 23.10.2016



Best of 2012 / A portal of vanity and dead end kings

1.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata
2.Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
3.Woods Of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
4.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
5.Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

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Created by Hazelnut Nero on 05.04.2015



2012 Top Albums

My personal top 20 albums of 2012 (in alphabetical order). I would have liked to add the debut album 'Lingua Franca' from T.R.A.M. but they are not on Metal Storm.

1.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme
2.Aura Noir - Out To Die
3.Baroness - Yellow & Green
4.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
5.Deftones - Koi No Yokan

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Created by Metalorgy on 04.02.2013



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My Top 30 Albums Of 2012

1.Vision Divine - Destination Set To Nowhere
2.Weeping Silence - For The Unsung
3.Paradox - Tales Of The Weird
4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
5.Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Ascending To Infinity

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Created by stormlord77 on 07.01.2013



Top 21 Albums Of 2012

I haven't been able to listen to all of this years top albums (As voted on by MS Users ) but, I tried dammit. This year was a bit disappointing as other years have had many more 9's and so on. Still a lot of great to really good releases either way.

1.Seven Kingdoms - The Fire Is Mine
2.Overkill - The Electric Age
3.Agua De Annique - Everything Is Changing
4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex
5.Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real

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Created by Icedburden on 04.01.2013



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My Top 20 Albums Of 2012

The title is self-explanatory, i guess.

1.Dying Fetus - Reign Supreme
2.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
3.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone
4.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
5.Meshuggah - Koloss

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Created by Iskander on 24.11.2012



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Favorite Albums Of 2012(incomplete)

1.Enslaved - RIITIIR
2.Ancestors - In Dreams And Time
3.Wintersun - Time I
4.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas
5.Royal Thunder - CVI

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Created by Bud Lightyear on 20.10.2012



Best 10 Albums In September 2012

1.Enslaved - RIITIIR
2.Existem - Years Of Winter
3.Cryptopsy - Cryptopsy
4.Evocation - Illusions Of Grandeur
5.Witchcraft - Legend

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Created by RakHiasat on 01.10.2012



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List Name Is Required: 2012 (updated 27.01.2013)

Ordered from best to worst. Because listing it is easier than voting and much easier than voting twice.

Latest additions: Blutmond, Wrathblade, High On Fire

Today is January 17, 2013. The update previous to this was on 5/5/12. Welcome to the future.
Fear not, dear reader, I've only been neglecting the list, but not the music.

1.Borknagar - Urd
2.Carach Angren - Where The Corpses Sink Forever
3.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata
4.Enslaved - RIITIIR
5.Om - Advaitic Songs

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Created by eponymous on 28.04.2012



Top Metal Albums 0f 2012

1.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme
2.Eluveitie - Helvetios
3.Swallow The Sun - Emerald Forest And The Blackbird
4.The 11th Hour - Lacrima Mortis
5.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

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Created by L1berty on 25.03.2012



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The Album I Listened To Thus Far In 2012

Due to the overwhelming "popularity" of my last list, I have decided to do the same thing in 2012

1.Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma
2.Baroness - Yellow & Green
3.Devin Townsend - Epicloud
4.Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Lost In The New Real
5.Royal Thunder - CVI

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Created by Fade To Black on 18.03.2012



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Favorite Albums Of 2012

My favorite albums of 2012.

*Now separated into a 'metal' and 'non-metal' section. (non-metal is at the bottom of the list).

Soon to be added: Clocks, Kiko Loureiro, Deathmole, Leonard Cohen, Panzerballett, Coronado, Striker, Dethklok, The Sword.

1.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
2.Hypno5e - Acid Mist Tomorrow
3.The Faceless - Autotheism
4.Gorod - A Perfect Absolution
5.Save Us From the Archon - How Terrible, The Undergrowth's Jaws That Tangle

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Created by Moose on 16.02.2012



Top Albums of 2012

1.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist
2.Katatonia - Dead End Kings
3.Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol
4.Adrenaline Mob - Omertá
5.To-Mera - Exile

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Created by tricky on 22.01.2012