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What subgenre of heavy metal plays southern country sounding music besides groove metal?
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Mr Ibanez 24
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No, it's not sludge. Though, sludge is often mistaken for that.
Sludge metal is pretty much a combination of doom/death and thrash.
Doom/Death is a cross between doom and death metal. Doom metal is usually slow and sluggish sounding, but really, really heavily distorted music, death metal is a much more technical equivilent of thrash metal, which has had an extreme amount of evolution through the years. Basically put though, Doom/Death is when someone takes really heavy sounding but sluggish distorted riffs, and throws distorted or deep vocals behind it.
Sludge metal is doom/death, but moves a bit faster, the bass guitar is a little bit more prominent here, and it takes influences from thrash metal for fills and solo's.
What you're looking for though, is called Southern Metal.
Southern Metal is pretty much country-sounding music, played in a thrash metal style. Think Pantera or Damageplan, but heavier, and with a more traditionally Western sound to it in terms of scales and arrangement. Southern Metal with a Sludge Metal influence to it is also a really common theme.
Sludge metal is pretty much a combination of doom/death and thrash.
Doom/Death is a cross between doom and death metal. Doom metal is usually slow and sluggish sounding, but really, really heavily distorted music, death metal is a much more technical equivilent of thrash metal, which has had an extreme amount of evolution through the years. Basically put though, Doom/Death is when someone takes really heavy sounding but sluggish distorted riffs, and throws distorted or deep vocals behind it.
Sludge metal is doom/death, but moves a bit faster, the bass guitar is a little bit more prominent here, and it takes influences from thrash metal for fills and solo's.
What you're looking for though, is called Southern Metal.
Southern Metal is pretty much country-sounding music, played in a thrash metal style. Think Pantera or Damageplan, but heavier, and with a more traditionally Western sound to it in terms of scales and arrangement. Southern Metal with a Sludge Metal influence to it is also a really common theme.
Mr Ibanez 24
New member
No, it's not sludge. Though, sludge is often mistaken for that.
Sludge metal is pretty much a combination of doom/death and thrash.
Doom/Death is a cross between doom and death metal. Doom metal is usually slow and sluggish sounding, but really, really heavily distorted music, death metal is a much more technical equivilent of thrash metal, which has had an extreme amount of evolution through the years. Basically put though, Doom/Death is when someone takes really heavy sounding but sluggish distorted riffs, and throws distorted or deep vocals behind it.
Sludge metal is doom/death, but moves a bit faster, the bass guitar is a little bit more prominent here, and it takes influences from thrash metal for fills and solo's.
What you're looking for though, is called Southern Metal.
Southern Metal is pretty much country-sounding music, played in a thrash metal style. Think Pantera or Damageplan, but heavier, and with a more traditionally Western sound to it in terms of scales and arrangement. Southern Metal with a Sludge Metal influence to it is also a really common theme.
Sludge metal is pretty much a combination of doom/death and thrash.
Doom/Death is a cross between doom and death metal. Doom metal is usually slow and sluggish sounding, but really, really heavily distorted music, death metal is a much more technical equivilent of thrash metal, which has had an extreme amount of evolution through the years. Basically put though, Doom/Death is when someone takes really heavy sounding but sluggish distorted riffs, and throws distorted or deep vocals behind it.
Sludge metal is doom/death, but moves a bit faster, the bass guitar is a little bit more prominent here, and it takes influences from thrash metal for fills and solo's.
What you're looking for though, is called Southern Metal.
Southern Metal is pretty much country-sounding music, played in a thrash metal style. Think Pantera or Damageplan, but heavier, and with a more traditionally Western sound to it in terms of scales and arrangement. Southern Metal with a Sludge Metal influence to it is also a really common theme.