sludgiest

Hard enough, at least, that proggy metal band Kylesa is probably only the seventh or eighth sludgiest band in town, and that's not even counting its neighbors Baroness.

Album review: Kylesa, "Spiral Shadow" Allison Stewart 2010

Hard enough, at least, that proggy metal band Kylesa is probably only the seventh or eighth sludgiest band in town, and that's not even counting its neighbors Baroness.

CD review of 'Spiral Shadow' by Kylesa Post 2010

And the blackest beer I know -- not to say the sludgiest (that might be Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch, rating: 83, or Brooklyn Black Ops, rating: 88) -- but the most frighteningly pagan, light-absorbing, instant-buzzing, frost-defying beer I've ever had is Southern Tier's imposing Iniquity Black.

Alex Remington: Southern Tier Iniquity Black: Abandon All Other Dark Beers, Ye Who Enter Here 2010

This is a brutal, unrelenting slog through screamiest and sludgiest terrain of punk/noise/hardcore, the absolute opposite of the made-to-be-background music that was so in favor this year.

Lists: David Malitz picks his top 10 albums of 2010 David Malitz 2010

I love the sudden tape-sped-up treatments on David Byrne's voice but this track's always seemed the sludgiest, least essential (and least funny!) thing on Fear Of Music to me, doing something the band pull off better on "Drugs".

FreakyTrigger 2009

One of the sludgiest bands out there, and their live shows are perhaps the most intense I've ever seen.

ickmusic 2009

They also happen to play some of the dirtiest, sludgiest, and crushing metal you'll find out there right now.

SMNnews.com 2008