The US might have cornered the market on sludge, but they didn't hold an entire monopoly. In the UK's East Midlands, Fudge Tunnel would pick up the baton from Melvins and fuse noise rock and sludge, ...

Sludge metal band Crowbar is bringing their sludge metal fury across the U.S, one city-crushing riff at a time.

Get ready for a double dose of New Orleans sludge metal, as Crowbar and Eyehategod have announced a co-headlining Spring 2026 ...

Oklahoma City’s underground and lauded sludge rock and metal quartet Chat Pile and Texan ambient and folk guitarist Hayden Pedigo could answer that question if it ever crossed your mind. Despite ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The electrifying sludge metal powerhouse High On Fire, have been somewhat of cult favorite within the metal community. Having a number die-hard fans they’ve earned much acclaim throughout the heavy ...

Not that being one of the only bands making waves in Long Beach playing sludge metal isn’t enough, but O Zorn! also has the benefit of balancing the genre’s melodicism and dissonance. Where a band ...

Little Rock, Arkansas sludge metal vets Rwake have announced their first album in over 13 years, The Return of Magik, due March 14 via Relapse (pre-order). Recorded in early 2024 at East End Sounds in ...

New Orleans metal icons Crowbar and Eyehategod have announced a spring 2026 U.S. tour that begins in Baton Rouge and ends at ...

Melvins, one of the most influential bands in heavy rock, are returning to San Antonio for a Friday, Oct. 17, show at Paper Tiger. The venue shared an Instagram post Tuesday morning announcing the ...

Bust out your Docs and your best boot cut jeans and tank top combo: Kylesa is coming to Hotel Congress tonight at 7 p.m. The three-part group is a “sludge metal” band (what does that even mean?), ...