r/sludge↗
Sludge
Sludge is abrasive doom metal music, often with hardcore punk and/or noise rock influence. | /r/Sludge is a place for fans of sludge metal music to congregate, discuss, and post relevant music, video, and news.
34k subscribers264 posts / mo in Sep 2026170 authors / mosince 2011
r/sludge has 34k members (+27% over the last 12 months). It gets about 264 posts a month from 170 people. Top topics: Progressive Sludge Metal, Black Metal Albums and New Album Releases.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Progressive Sludge Metal2.9%
- Black Metal Albums1.2%
- New Album Releases1.0%
- Death Metal Albums0.8%
- Cult Metal0.7%
Brands people mention
Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Spotify
- Encyclopaedia Metallum
- SoundCloud
- Discogs
- Big Cartel
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