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    Top 100 Sludge metal albums

    1 Mastodon
    Leviathan (2004)
    8.68
    1032
    2 Down
    Nola (1995)
    8.63
    405
    3 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.63
    405
    4 Acid Bath
    When The Kite String Pops (1994)
    8.62
    264
    5 Cult Of Luna
    A Dawn To Fear (2019)
    8.57
    310
    6 Neurosis
    Through Silver In Blood (1996)
    8.56
    279
    7 Slugdge
    Esoteric Malacology (2018)
    8.56
    347
    8 Cult Of Luna
    Salvation (2004)
    8.55
    255
    9 Dragged Into Sunlight
    Hatred For Mankind (2009)
    8.55
    120
    10 Cult Of Luna
    Somewhere Along The Highway (2006)
    8.55
    279
    11 Rosetta
    Wake / Lift (2007)
    8.53
    85
    12 The Ocean
    Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018)
    8.52
    297
    13 Neurosis
    Times Of Grace (1999)
    8.51
    208
    14 Rosetta
    The Galilean Satellites (2005)
    8.5
    84
    15 Slugdge
    Gastronomicon (2014)
    8.48
    130
    16 High On Fire
    Death Is This Communion (2007)
    8.47
    217
    17 Neurosis
    A Sun That Never Sets (2001)
    8.47
    191
    18 Melvins
    (A) Senile Animal (2006)
    8.46
    65
    19 The Ocean
    Precambrian (2007)
    8.46
    232
    20 Crowbar
    Sonic Excess In Its Purest Form (2001)
    8.43
    70
    21 Mastodon
    Blood Mountain (2006)
    8.41
    985
    22 SubRosa
    More Constant Than The Gods (2013)
    8.41
    121
    23 Neurosis
    The Eye Of Every Storm (2004)
    8.41
    199
    24 Mouth Of The Architect
    The Ties That Blind (2006)
    8.4
    35
    25 Kylesa
    Static Tensions (2009)
    8.4
    158
    26 Black Pyramid
    Black Pyramid (2009)
    8.4
    30
    27 Cult Of Luna
    Mariner [Collaboration] (2016)
    8.38
    269
    28 Obscure Sphinx
    Void Mother (2013)
    8.38
    178
    29 Year Of No Light
    Ausserwelt (2010)
    8.37
    71
    30 High On Fire
    Blessed Black Wings (2005)
    8.37
    154
    31 Baroness
    Blue Record (2009)
    8.36
    333
    32 Cult Of Luna
    Vertikal (2013)
    8.36
    289
    33 Acid Bath
    Paegan Terrorism Tactics (1996)
    8.36
    154
    34 Dirge
    Elysian Magnetic Fields (2011)
    8.34
    59
    35 Intronaut
    Valley Of Smoke (2010)
    8.33
    95
    36 Cough
    Ritual Abuse (2010)
    8.32
    22
    37 Morne
    To The Night Unknown (2018)
    8.32
    31
    38 Melvins
    Houdini (1993)
    8.32
    116
    39 The Moth Gatherer
    A Bright Celestial Light (2013)
    8.31
    26
    40 Obscure Sphinx
    Anaesthetic Inhalation Ritual (2011)
    8.3
    71
    41 The Ocean
    Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic (2020)
    8.29
    304
    42 Amenra
    Mass III (2005)
    8.29
    49
    43 Crowbar
    Odd Fellows Rest (1998)
    8.29
    78
    44 Neurosis
    Souls At Zero (1992)
    8.28
    145
    45 Amenra
    Mass VI (2017)
    8.28
    120
    46 Sunpocrisy
    Samaroid Dioramas (2012)
    8.28
    46
    47 Corrupted
    El Mundo Frio (2005)
    8.27
    22
    48 Baroness
    Red Album (2007)
    8.25
    282
    49 Rosetta
    A Determinism Of Morality (2010)
    8.25
    87
    50 Dvne
    Asheran (2017)
    8.24
    71
    51 Moanaa
    Descent (2014)
    8.24
    49
    52 SubRosa
    No Help For The Mighty Ones (2011)
    8.22
    97
    53 Dirge
    Lost Empyrean (2018)
    8.22
    86
    54 Bison B.C.
    Quiet Earth (2008)
    8.21
    29
    55 Cult Of Luna
    Eternal Kingdom (2008)
    8.21
    221
    56 Crowbar
    Crowbar (1993)
    8.21
    78
    57 Horn Of The Rhino
    Weight Of Coronation (2010)
    8.2
    30
    58 Izah
    Sistere (2015)
    8.19
    52
    59 The Ocean
    Anthropocentric (2010)
    8.18
    171
    60 Dvne
    Etemen Ænka (2021)
    8.17
    235
    61 Kylesa
    Spiral Shadow (2010)
    8.17
    120
    62 Disbelief
    Spreading The Rage (2003)
    8.15
    20
    63 Downfall Of Gaia
    Suffocating In The Swarm Of Cranes (2012)
    8.15
    40
    64 Intronaut
    The Direction Of Last Things (2015)
    8.15
    117
    65 Steak Number Eight
    The Hutch (2013)
    8.14
    21
    66 Ortega
    1634 (2010)
    8.14
    22
    67 Dead To A Dying World
    Elegy (2019)
    8.14
    76
    68 Lord Mantis
    Pervertor (2012)
    8.13
    60
    69 Slugdge
    Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms (2015)
    8.12
    112
    70 Regarde Les Hommes Tomber
    Exile (2015)
    8.12
    57
    71 Bongripper
    Satan Worshipping Doom (2010)
    8.11
    38
    72 Pull Down The Sun
    Of Valleys And Mountains (2020)
    8.1
    69
    73 The Ocean
    Fluxion (2004)
    8.09
    97
    74 Horn Of The Rhino
    Grengus (2012)
    8.08
    26
    75 Kongh
    Sole Creation (2013)
    8.08
    48
    76 High On Fire
    De Vermis Mysteriis (2012)
    8.07
    200
    77 Amenra
    Mass IIII (2008)
    8.07
    46
    78 Regarde Les Hommes Tomber
    Regarde Les Hommes Tomber (2013)
    8.07
    56
    79 Intronaut
    Prehistoricisms (2008)
    8.06
    67
    80 The Ocean
    Heliocentric (2010)
    8.06
    188
    81 Sunnata
    Zorya (2016)
    8.05
    21
    82 Flourishing
    The Sum Of All Fossils (2011)
    8.05
    37
    83 Eibon
    Entering Darkness (2010)
    8.04
    23
    84 Weedeater
    God Luck And Good Speed (2007)
    8.04
    25
    85 SubRosa
    For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages (2016)
    8.03
    110
    86 Un
    Sentiment (2018)
    8.03
    29
    87 High On Fire
    Snakes For The Divine (2010)
    8.02
    233
    88 High On Fire
    Luminiferous (2015)
    8.01
    137