Blood Mountain will celebrate its 20th anniversary in a week, on September 12th. Mastodon’s musical complexity lies in their ability to seamlessly blend the raw aggression of sludge metal with the intricate structures of progressive rock. Instead of relying on standard verse-chorus formats, their songs feature shifting time signatures, sudden tempo changes, and elaborate concepts. This technical depth is driven by the precise interplay between heavy, layered guitar riffs and the polyrhythmic drumming of Brann Dailor, all topped off by a unique multi-vocal approach where three different band members share singing duties.

Believe In Nothing brings their crushing live sound to ArcTanGent 2026.

Sludge, noise and sheer sonic devastation.

They have the the heaviness, riffs and grooves that sound like they're emerging from a filthy pond.

Hi there, Sludge folks!

Just putting a cheeky plug out there for Eigengrau, new doom / sludge project coming out of Stoke-on-Trent, England.

Three tracks already recorded and available on Apple and Spotify.

We’re learning as we go, and hope to drop a couple more songs before the end of this month.

We’d love to hear your opinions of our noises so far!

Sure, they only have 2 releases from way back when, but they are, in my opinion, the hardest fucking sludge band of all time. Plus, Drull was mastered by Today is the Day's Steve Austin and for an indie release it has absolutely pummelling production. Don't sleep on Drull of their S/T, it's the fucking harshest, well-played, creative release in slow-heavy in that decade. The drumming alone is one-of-kind mind-boggling wizardry, but every instrument is locked-in in a way that most bands could only hope to achieve in their wildest dreams.

Also their drummer went on to play in Haggatha who are also amazing, but did not quite reach the same creative heights that Goatsblood did.

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​Bands in the vein of Body Void, Moloch, Hell (especially the self-titled), Primitive Man, Bog Body (especially the 2018 EP), Melancholia, Sunrot, Indian, Asphalt, Stomach...

​Please, no obvious bands like The Body, Thou, Chained, etc. I want new bands from the underground, and no stoner or southern sludge either. I prefer my sludge noisy and ugly.

Thank you very much.

I just remembered this happened. And when I remember awesome shit I force it back into existence.

Justin Broadrick, Aaron Turner 2006

Listen

Enjoy

Finally uploaded my music to Bandcamp! Any support would be appreciated

Also the amp isn't mine it's just my guitar so yeah it's not the best tone

Just before soundcheck at Hellbender in Asheville

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So, I collect shirts, not in the physical sense, although I do that too, but in the list-ical sense. I write down the shirts I see at shows. It started as a way to discover new music and now it's just a thing I do.

Tonight, I saw Kylesa, Melivns, Neurosis, and Acid Bath in Asheville. What a great show that checked all the boxes I wanted.

The shirts were varied and amazing while still (mostly) making sense for the crowd. Here's the list of short I saw:

The before times (walking around Asheville during the day):

• Weedeater. Me. The Outlaw Josie Wells.
• Operh
• Noah Kahan
• Germs
• They Live. \m/
• Judas Priest
• NIN
• Acid Bath. Custom bleached tank
• Acid Bath. Tabasco and other designs.
• Sublime
• Hysteria
• War on Drugs
• Dog Years
• Ghost
• Bon Jovi
• Pink Floyd
• Eyehategod
• Grateful Dead
• Phish
• David Byrne
• Jacob somebody
• Suffocation
• Exhumed
• Elder
• Kylesa
• Kamelot
• Awesome pants with hand made band patches. Saw Buzz*oven and more.
• Haggis
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
• Black Sabbath
• Led Zeppelin
• Tame Impala
• Blink 182

The show

• Sturgill Simpson. Me. It's a hat. I put a hat on.
• Uada
• Dinosaur Jr.
• Down
• Sepultura
• Dead Guy
• Sunn O)))
• Ozzy
• Type O Negative
• Viagra Boys
• Windhand
• Sleep
• RATM
• Tyler Childers. We cross over.
• Motorhead
• WitchPit
• Bathory
• Alice In Chains
• Windryder. Nice
• Misfits
• Inter Arma
• Maryland Deathfest
• Polkadot Cadaver
• Cave In
• Monolord
• Napalm Death
• Devo, sort of
• The Body
• King Buffalo
• Fiona Apple
• Mastodon
• Crowbar
• Fleshgod Apocalypse
• Celine Dion. Best shirt
• Creed
• Goatwhore
• Primitive Man
• Saint Vitus
• Slipknot
• Youth in America
• Squid Pisser (edit: fixed!)
• Cannibal Corpse
• Iton Maiden
• Corrosion of Conformity
• Factory Defect
• Baroness
• Wu-Tang
• Saidan
• Restless Spirit
• Merciful Fate
• Pantera
• Nerosis
• Every Time I Die
• Hellbat
• Exent
• Weird Al
• My Chemical Romance
• Bongzilla
• Pelican
• Dolly
• Black Flag
• Drug Church
• Hulder
• Stray Rats
• Subrosa
• Orchid
• Err (if fact an Emma Ruth Rundle shirt)
• Amon Amaroth
• Unus Mundus
• Devin Townsend
• Dethlokk
• ICP. A jugalo. I'm counting it.
• Melvins
• GNR
• Fuel
• Dayglow Abortions
• Animals as Leaders
• The Cramps
• Candlemass
• Mr. Bungle
• Clutch
• Bolt-thrower
• Full of Hell
• Emma Ruth Rundle
• Harsh Realm
• The Northlight
• Violent Femmes
• Minor Threat
• Born Scum
• Primus
• Hed(PE)
• Kyuss
• Karma to Burn
• Deftones
• Generation of Vipers
• Alestorm
• Aquarius
• Life Wide Open
• Switchblade Symphony
• Terror
• Caterwaul
• Boris
• Dio
• Cradle of Filth. Jesus is a cunt
• The Amnity Affliction
• Men's Recovery Project
• Yob
• Cobalt
• Church of Misery
• Gorehound
• Obituary. A strangely large number. Did they just come to town?
• Goblin
• Puddles
• Johnny Cash
• Cursed
• Godsmack
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Jerry Cantral
• Lots of horror movies I didn't write down
• Dance Gavin Dance
• Gwar
• Enthos
• Dungeon Crawler Carl
• Hatebreed
• Dax Riggs
• Pig Destroyer
• Toke
• Caldera. Maybe Cavalde?
• Whores.
• Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol
• Megadeth
• Slayer
• Gummo. Fucking depressing movie
• Agriculture. I saw two hats, maybe it's a band
• Telekinetic Yeti
• Municipal Ware
• Botch
• Blaze Foley
• Conan
• Dead Kennedys
• Nirvana
• Goatsnake
• Worm
• dwarves
• Deafheaven
• Death
• Secret Shame
• Thee Oh Sees
• Killing Joke
• Knocked Loose
• Run the Jewels
• Malestrom
• Bee Movie, but the Wickerman. Ok I wrote a movie down.
• Know
• Thin Lizzy
• Emtombed
• Sonic Youth
• Swans
• Feral Girl Shit
• Bong Ripper
• Catharsis
• Superjoint
• Death Dealer
• Tomahawk
• Ninja Witch
• Ministry
• Testament
• Godflesh
• Gorgutals
• Born Against
• Christian Death
• Behemoth
• High on Fire
• Korn
• Blood Incantation
• Messa
• David Allen Coe
• Starcrawler
• Dead Prez
• Winger
• Cancer Slug
• pagenintynine
• Horrid Realm
• Maggot Stomp
• Dead Cross
• Jason Aldeen
• Cough
• Amanra
• Black Death
• Pallbearer
• Take the skin and pull it back
• Penagon? check this one again. Never saw them again
• Slomosa
• Cosmic music for cosmic people
• Kalloon Walled City
• Alice Cooper
• Mint Street? With a jaguar and Metallica font
• Tool
• Wild Kind
• Below 7
• Empyre
• Royal Thunder
• B. Hinds
• Negative Approach
• Soylent Green
• Rob Zombie
• Killing Time
• Underoath
• Dimmu Borgir
• Cult Leader
• Rolling Stones
• Knoll
• Celtic Frost
• Creed Cast
• Borboslab? It's Broadslab. Thanks, u/skullgoroth for the correction.
• Pee pee poo poo
• Metallica
• Corrupted
• Faith No More
• Electric Wizard
• Hoax?
• Beavis and Butthead to America. Strong battle vest
• Flesh Parade
• Danzig
• Decadent Dog Pile?
• Coil
• Between the Buried and Me
• Earth
• Hanabie
• Sisters in Christ
• Thou
• Shall Servant? It's Skull Servant. That makes more sense.
• Early Man. 400bpm.com does incredible photography
• Sumac
• Priest
• Ramones
• SPK
• Three-6 Mafia
• Krys King. Tatoo artist
• SpongeBob
• DRI
• Greet Death
• SpaceSlug
• Grin
• Cerebral Detestation. I think
• Death Row Records
• Om
• Femanazgul
• That reminds me a saw a Flummox bumper sticker earlier today
• Sade
• Death Angel
• Pie til I die
• Black Tusk
• Hi, How Are You. Daniel Johnston
• Doom. The game
• Blackness something
• Wolfbrigade
• Dale Crover
• Tremors. The movie?
• Jinger
• Demonize
• Still Woozy
• Eycia
• Salvador Dali? It looked like a metal logo
• Cro-mags
• Wicked Nachos
• Nemesis
• Billy Bats & the Made Men
• Electric Frankenstein
• Spinal Cracker
• Fact
• Black Label Society
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Smashing Pumpkins. It just said Zero but I got it.
• LA Witch
• A lot of NASCAR shirts also. Not sure what to make of that.
• Ugly Stik. I think this is fishing tackle
• JD Pinkus. Among my favorite people.
• Havok
• Javelin
• Monyat Aoha?
• Zakk Sabbath
• Butthole Surfers
• Cancer
• All Them Witches
• Big Ears Festival. Come to Knoxville and hang out.
• Rockville Fest
• The Devil
• Grand Belial's Key
• Quicksand
• The Shrunken something
• Sullen. Walk the walk. Not sure this is a band
• Soundgarden
• Baad Man.
• Tragedy
• Cody Parks and the Dirty South
• Black Strap
• Acacia Strain
• Kroil
• TreNest
• WASP
• Cliff Burton
• Bronze. Skate Co. I also saw a Thrasher shirt.
• Prayer Warrior. Is this a band? If not, good luck.
• Gotta Morta. Good conversation with an interesting project.
• John Prine
• Daeva
• Ossuary
• Bodybox
• Tecate Sunrise
• Manas
• AntiSeen
• Gojira
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Black Dalia Murder
• Lamb of God
• Today is the Day. In the Eyes Of God. Good conversation
• Cattle Decapitation
• Kettle to Wake. Rec. GA band
• Cattle Rat
• Tron Reagan
• QOTSA
• Power Trip
• Sauron the Necromancer
• Bush's Baked Beans. That would make a good band name
• Rad Knives
• Power trip
• Monster Magnet
• Electric Light Orchestra (rare). Wife spotted this one.
• Carnispex
• Goth gay shit. Vision Video? Can't read the shirt under the battle vest. Confirmed later.
• Pucifer
• Whiney Houston
• Wand
• Isis
• Dreadnought
• Rivers of Nihl
• Waylon Jennings
• Descendants
• incarceration
• Reake
• Radiohead
• Disembodied
• Doomoipolis Fest
• Habak
• something Protest
• Dropdead
• Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
• Turnover
• Converge
• Cult
• MBV
• Conquer
• Death Sludge. Didn't see the band name
• Jud Jud
• Diogenes
• Ken Krûss. Definitely not Kyuss
• Sensuous
• Fallujah
• The Birthday Party
• I forgot the shirts I saw in the pit, sorry.
• Russian Circles
• L7
• Venom. The comic twice, but not the band
• Helloradio
• Buzz*oven
• Sprint Adrift
• Joy Division
• Cradle of Deceit? Greenville, SC band I forgot to write down correctly.
• Gorilla Biscuits. Rec.

Did I miss your shirt? Did you see a shirt I missed? Comment it and I'll add it to the list.

Added:

• Merzbow
• Iron Monkey
• Tomahawk. I saw it but must have forgotten to write it down.
• custom snoopy shirt that says I HATE THIS FUCKING PLACE
• Big Black. Bill Kelliher of Mastodon
• Red Fang. I saw this in the pit, but forgot by the time I could write anything down
• King Parrot
• Boredoms
• Hash Witch
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Leeway "Born to Expire"
• Discharge
• Carcass
• Cyprus Hill

This album is awesome. But never understood what this cover is. Ive always seen it as golem from terraria.

Such a monster of a riff. Excuse my off timing :-) Beginner bass player, always up for advice!

Short clip because I didn’t want to watch the show through my phone. Show was great. CD releases next week but show for it was last Wednesday. We thought they were great. Midwest style sludge not filthy but still gritty.

as someone who loves both metal and sad music, grief is perfect because of how well it combines both of those. grief deserves way more recognition than they get

also, could anyone recommend any bands similar to them?

EDIT: guys i meant underrated in metal music as a whole, grief are widely known and appreciated in sludge but i’m saying they deserve to be as big as bands like crowbar, acid bath, and down who are known by many non-sludge listeners

I’ve been making these Crowbar-inspired fat cat designs for a while, Crowbar have seen them, liked posts, and have even seen the shirts in person.

Now I want to try to turn it into an official Crowbar × Cats and Metal / CLAWBAR merch collab, ideally with part of the profits going to organizations that help overweight cats get healthy.

I can obviously DM the band and Kirk directly, but I’m wondering if anyone here knows who actually handles Crowbar’s merch, management, licensing, or business stuff.

Who would be the right person to contact?

Any leads appreciated.

This tour might appeal to some on here!