![]() Adam Stone – The Sleeping Shaman Wrap upĭoom and Sludge metal are similar but distinct music subgenres. Much of the grunting and screaming vocals of contemporary sludge is influenced by the politicised rage of hardcore, not metal – which usually had its greasy banging head too far up its own scrawny arse to get angry over ‘issues’ and ‘the right’. There is typically a more political bent to Sludge Metal than there is with Doom Metal, and that is the punk influence again. Speak the devil in my time of need High On Fire – Blessed Black Wing The lyrics of Sludge metal are often also pessimistic, like Doom Metal, but also angry and bitter. Sludge then went on to influence grunge music, which then went on to define the 90s. It is sometimes referred to as Sludge Doom. Sludge Metal is basically a sub-subgenre, as its essentially a variant of Doom. The Melvins are considered one of the first bands to really play Sludge Metal, with their first album, Gluey Porch Treatments. Sludge began as bands started to combine the slower, heavy riffs of Black Sabbath with the agressive but slower punk sound from Black Flag. ![]() However, Sludge also incorporates elements from hardcore punk: shouting vocals, and a harsh, abrasive sound. So, sludge metal also uses slower tempos, with downtuned guitars. It is difficult to describe this subgenre without repeating myself. Sacrificed for the glory of one Funeralopolis – Electric Wizard Life has no meaning, my feelings are numb Songs are often about topics like paranoia, depression and despair.Įlectric Wizard are a very typical Doom metal band, and here’s some lyrics from one of their songs, often considered as one of the best Doom metal songs ever: Funeralopolis The lyrical content of Doom metal is often pessimistic to the extreme. You may thing Doom metal is enough of a tangent, but actually Doom metal can be further divided into epic doom, extreme doom and alternative doom, amongst many others. The name ‘Doom metal’ officially comes from an album by another pioneer of the subgenre, Candlemass, who released ‘Epicus Doomicus Metallicus’ in 1986. Plenty of Black Sabbath songs have elements of Doom metal, with the slow tempo and very pessimistic lyrics.ĭoom Metal was then developed by larger bands such as Pentagram, Witchfinder General, and Necromandus. The subgenre was pioneered by Black Sabbath, being seen as proto-doom. Doom Metalĭoom metal is characterised by slow tempos, low-tuned guitars and a very heavy sound, with lyrics that are often depressing and pessimistic in content. It’s almost impossible to say with any degree of certainty! When did one band start to move away from simply heavy metal and start a new subgenre, and when do we say that it becomes a subgenre in its own right? It’s all subjective and simply based on what the musicians at the time were thinking and creating. ![]() Now we know just how split heavy metal has become, let’s go back to the original question – what is the difference between Sludge and Doom metal, and how did they start? Which came first?ĭefining the exact time that a sub-genre of heavy metal came into force is very hard to pin down. That Wikipedia article (the best source for heavy metal historical information, as we all know) currently lists a whopping 71 genres and sub-genres of heavy metal! Nowadays, we have so many sub-genres of metal music that there is a Wikipedia article just to list the different genres. No more division needed.Īt some point, heavy metal became too varied to exist all under one label, so it needed to spread. There was Rock music and there was Metal music. There is some debate about which of them used the term ‘heavy metal’ first, but that’s another story.Īnyway, for a long time, that’s what we had. The term heavy metal didn’t exist until it was coined by either Lester Bangs or Mike Saunders, but both first used the term in 1970. Well, that’s according to Andrew O’Neil, who I do consider to be a bit on an expert on the topic. ![]()
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