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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I think Doom is only easy to define if you stick to older style bands like Cathedral, St. Vitus, etc.. But when you consider it's multiple subgenres Doom is the most varied of the three. I mean Stoner Doom, Funeral Doom and Drone Doom are all pretty different from each other.
It's interesting, you're looking at Sludge from a totally different angle from me. I don't disagree with the bands you've picked as examples but I think of them as on the Stoner edge of Sludge. When I think of Sludge the first bands that come to mind are the likes of Iron Monkey or Noothgrush.
I'll split the difference and agree they have some songs that have the sluggish quality you're talking about where I could see a connection to Stoner Metal. Overall, though, I wouldn't put them in that category.
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Doom is fairly straightforward unless you go into its subgenres, in fact most modern day doom metal bands have actually evolved their sound to incorporate sludge and stoner elements due to their greater diversity.
I certainly look at sludge differently to you, because when I think of sludge I think the Melvins, Corrosion of Conformity and Down. I don`t actually like Crowbar and Iron Monkey that much, because of the stronger hardcore punk influence that they have!!!