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====Sludgecore==== {{see also|Southern metal}} [[Eyehategod]] formed in [[Harvey, Louisiana|Harvey]], Louisiana in 1988 and is credited with originating a new styleโNew Orleans hardcore-edged sludge.<ref>{{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> Another viewpoint is that New Orleans was the birthplace of the sludgecore movement, with [[Eyehategod]] being given the most credit for it.<ref name=Bukszpan91>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal|last1=Bukszpan|first1=Daniel|publisher=Sterling, New York|year=2012|isbn=978-1402792304|page=91|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=WiQKuAAACAAJ|page=}}}}</ref> Sludgecore combines sludge metal with hardcore punk, and possesses a slow pace,<ref name=Bukszpan91/><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> a [[Downtuned guitar|low guitar tuning]],<ref name=Bukszpan91/><ref name=Pearson2020/> and a grinding dirge-like feel.<ref name=Pearson2020/> Bands regarded as sludgecore include [[Acid Bath]], [[Eyehategod]], and [[Soilent Green]],<ref>{{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|pages=239|isbn=978-1-63106-430-2|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=SlA0DwAAQBAJ|page=239}}}}</ref> and all three formed in Louisiana. Crowbar formed in 1991 and mixed "detuned, lethargic sludged-out metal with hardcore and [[Southern rock|southern elements]]".<ref>{{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> According to rock journalist Steve Huey writing in [[AllMusic]], Eyehategod was a sludge metal band that became part of the "Southern sludgecore scene". This scene also included Crowbar and [[Down (band)|Down]], with all three bands being influenced by Black Flag, Black Sabbath, and the [[Melvins]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=eyehategod-mn0000127103|pure_url=yes}}|title=Eyehategod|author=Huey, Steve|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> Some of these bands incorporated [[Southern rock]] influences.<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=in-the-name-of-suffering-mw0000103444|pure_url=yes}} |title=Eyehategod โ ''In the Name of Suffering'' |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 12, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=take-as-needed-for-pain-mw0000646996|pure_url=yes}} |title=Eyehategod โ ''Take as Needed for Pain'' |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 12, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=soilent-green-mn0000754513|pure_url=yes}} |title=Soilent Green |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 2, 2008}}</ref>
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