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=== Sludge metal === {{Main|Sludge metal}} Sludge metal (also known as sludge doom<ref name=PhD/><ref Name=RS>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.de/das-archiv/article237260/print/emotionen-in-zeitlupe.html|title=Emotionen in Zeitlupe |author1=Zahn, Thorsten |author2=Schurer, Petra |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1 June 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112141913/http://www.rollingstone.de/das-archiv/article237260/print/emotionen-in-zeitlupe.html|archive-date=12 November 2014|access-date=18 August 2018|language=de}}</ref>) is a style that combines doom metal and [[hardcore punk]].<ref name=PhD/><ref Name=RS/><ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name=DoomDOC/> Many sludge bands compose slow and heavy songs that contain brief hardcore passages.<ref name="AMG-Eyehategod" /><ref name="AMG-Crowbar">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p12635|pure_url=yes}} |title=Crowbar |author=Huey, Steve |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref> However, some bands emphasise fast tempos throughout their music.<ref name="AMG-Buzzoven">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p37696|pure_url=yes}} |title=Buzzov*en |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref> The string instruments are heavily [[distortion (music)|distorted]] and are often played with large amounts of [[audio feedback|feedback]] to produce an abrasive, sludgy sound.<ref name=AMG-Dopesick>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=dopesick-mw0000187490|pure_url=yes}} |title=Eyehategod β ''Dopesick'' |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=12 September 2008}}</ref><ref name=AMG-IntheNameofSuffering/> Drumming is often performed in typical doom metal fashion,{{Citation needed|reason=source?|date=December 2020}} but drummers may employ hardcore [[d-beat]] or double-kick drumming during faster passages. Vocals are usually shouted or screamed, and lyrics often focus on suffering, drug abuse, politics and anger towards society. The style was pioneered in the late 1980s by the [[Melvins]], and in the 1990s by bands such as [[Eyehategod]],<ref name="AMG-Eyehategod" /> [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]],<ref name="AMG-Crowbar" /> [[Buzzov*en]],<ref name="AMG-Buzzoven" /> [[Acid Bath]],<ref name="AMG-AcidBath">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p44863|pure_url=yes}} |title=Acid Bath |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 June 2008}}</ref> and [[Grief (band)|Grief]].<ref name="AMG-Grief">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p205139|pure_url=yes}} |title=Grief |author=Henderson, Alex |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 June 2008}}</ref> ==== Sludgecore ==== Sludgecore further combines sludge metal with hardcore punk, and possesses a slow pace, a low and dark pitch, and a grinding dirge-like feel.<ref name=Pearson2020>{{cite book|title=Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire: Punk Rock in the 1990s United States|last1=Pearson|first1=David|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2020|chapter=Ch3-The Dystopian Sublime of Extreme Hardcore Punk|pages=121|isbn=978-0197534885|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=CooIEAAAQBAJ|page=121}}}}</ref> Bands regarded as sludgecore include Acid Bath, Eyehategod, [[Soilent Green]],<ref name=Rosenberg2017>{{cite book|title=Hellraisers: A Complete Visual History of Heavy Metal Mayhem|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Axl|last2=Krovatin|first2=Chris|publisher=Race Point Publishing|year=2017|chapter=|pages=239|isbn=978-1-63106-430-2|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=SlA0DwAAQBAJ|page=239}}}}</ref><ref name=Sharpe2005>{{cite book|title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal|last1=Sharpe-Young|first1=Garry|publisher=Zonda|year=2005|pages=137|isbn=978-0958268400|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=uIIf03bGyAAC|page=137}}}}</ref> Black Sheep Wall, Admiral Angry, and [[The Abominable Iron Sloth]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heilman |first=Max |date=2021-03-03 |title=Album Review: BLACK SHEEP WALL Songs for the Enamel Queen |url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/black-sheep-wall-emsongs-for-the-enamel-queen-em |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref> Crowbar mixed "detuned, lethargic sludged-out metal with hardcore and [[Southern rock|southern elements]]".<ref name=Sharpe2005B>{{cite book|title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal|last1=Sharpe-Young|first1=Garry|publisher=Zonda|year=2005|pages=97|isbn=978-0958268400|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=uIIf03bGyAAC|page=97}}}}</ref>
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