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Best sludge metal artists of the 2010s

Streaming rewrote every incentive underneath a record: its length, its release date, whether it needed a single at all. Trap production became pop's default rhythm, and a lot of the decade's best artists arrived through a laptop rather than a label.

Everyone who released a sludge metal album in the 2010s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Crowbar№ 1Crowbar4 albums here4.0Weighted score4.0 avg · 13 ratings
  1. 2The BodyThe Body7 albums here4.04.0 avg · 3 ratings
  2. 3GojiraGojira1 album here3.93.9 avg · 155 ratings
  3. 4Red FangRed Fang1 album here3.93.8 avg · 3 ratings
  4. 5Cult of LunaCult of Luna2 albums here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
  5. 6MonolordMonolord2 albums here3.83.6 avg · 4 ratings
  6. 7MastodonMastodon1 album here3.83.8 avg · 92 ratings
  7. 8The OceanThe Ocean2 albums here3.83.7 avg · 15 ratings
  8. 9WindhandWindhand6 albums here2 ratings
  9. 10Black Label SocietyBlack Label Society12 albums here1 rating
  10. 11High on FireHigh on Fire6 albums here1 rating
  11. 12Black TuskBlack Tusk6 albums here1 rating
  12. 13MelvinsMelvins10 albums here
  13. 14Corrosion of ConformityCorrosion of Conformity5 albums here
  14. 15EyehategodEyehategod2 albums here
  15. 16Weekend NachosWeekend Nachos3 albums here
  16. 17BeastwarsBeastwars4 albums here
  17. 18StormoStormo4 albums here

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