Sludge sits where slow, doom-heavy metal meets the abrasion of hardcore and punk. New Orleans became one of its defining centres in the early 1990s. Eyehategod drew from Black Sabbath, Black Flag and the Melvins while pushing heavy riffs through a harsher hardcore-informed setting.
Leeds band Pleb pull sludge into hardcore and DIY punk. Portuguese project crosta move through sludge and post-metal, while Opole’s Dense Haze developed from stoner rock into sludge and stoner doom. AVL approach the weight from crust punk.
