Style: Drone-Doom, Stoner Metal, Post-Metal
Vibe: Suspenseful, Cathartic, Monolithic, Powerful, Hypnotic, Raw
Musical Attributes: Atmospheric, Droney, Heavy, Noisy, Repetitive, Slow, Suite
Tag: Metal
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Style: Heavy Metal, Stoner Rock, Doom
Vibe: Heavy, Fuzzy, Anthemic, Dark, Ominous, Paranoid, Rebellious, Riffs, Stoned, Confident
Themes: Alienation, War, Political, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
Released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Format: LP
Keiji Haino & Sumac
The sludge oozing out of this record is so toxic that all traces of metal have nearly disintegrated, and the fumes cause nightmarish hallucinations to any who inhale.
Style: Free-Sludge, Avant-Metal, Free Improvisation
Vibe: Primal, Murky, Aggressive, Hallucinogenic, Cathartic, Complex
Musical Attributes: Collective Improvisation, Dissonant, Noisy, Progressive
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
Released in 1971 on Warner Bros Records Format: LP
Isis – Panopticon
Originally released in 2004 on Ipecac Robotic Empire Reissue (2005) Format: LPx2
Boris – Akuma No Uta
Originally released in 2003 on Diwphalanx 2019 Third Man Reissue Format: LP
Deafheaven – Sunbather
Released in 2013 on Deathwish, Inc. Format: LPx2. 45rpm, Gold and Red Vinyl
Mastodon – Leviathan
Originally released in 2004 on Relapse Records 2014 pressing on Oxblood vinyl Format: LP
Boris – Pink
Originally released in 2005 2006 Southern Lord Reissue Format: LPx2, Pink vinyl Includes 3 sheets of blotter paper
Electric Wizard – Come My Fanatics…
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Boris – Noise
Released in 2014 on Sargent House Format: LPx2, marbled grey vinyl
Om – God is Good
Released in 2009 on Drag City Format: LP Recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, Chicago, March 2009
A Storm of Light – And We Wept the Black Ocean Within
Neurosis – Times of Grace
The apocalyptic sounds of spiritual warfare.
Boris – Live at Third Man Records
The Body & Full of Hell – Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light
Sleep – Dopesmoker
Album Information: Originally released in 1999 as Jerusalem on London Records, and then in 2003 as Dopesmoker on Tee-Pee Records. … More
Om – Pilgrimage
Album Information: Released in 2007 on Southern Lord Records Produced by Steve Albini and Om Recorded and mixed by Steve … More
Big|Brave – Ardor
Sludgy drone-metal with heavy, feedback-laden guitars, sparse but viscerally pounding drums, and cathartic, impassioned vocals.
FFO Neurosis, Swans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Sunn O)))
