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Savannah, Georgia (2005 – present)

Black Tusk is an American sludge metal band from Savannah, Georgia. The band was formed in 2005, when its members were all living on the same street. With the dissolution of Andrew Fidler (guitar, vocals) and Jonathan Athon (bass, vocals) crust punk band and James May (drums, vocals) street punk band, Andrew and Athon went down the street to James’ house and asked him if he wanted to play with them. During the next few days they jammed continuously, and within a few months they had recorded the EP When Kingdoms Fall, which was released on Wrecked Signal. Two years later the band self-released their first full-length studio album, The Fallen Kingdom, followed by another a year later with Passage Through Purgatory, released through the local label Hyperrealist Records. In 2009, Black Tusk released a series of split albums with bands such as ASG, The Holy Mountain, and Fight Amp, before signing to relapse records in November. The band released its debut for Relapse, Taste The Sin, in May 2010. They released their third album, Set the Dial, in October 2011 through Relapse Records.

Black Tusk is mostly associated with Baroness and Kylesa, for their shared hometown of Savannah, as well as for their sludge metal sound. The band is linked to Baroness’ guitarist and vocalist John Dyer Baizley, who is also a painter and creates all of Black Tusk’s artwork. Black Tusk’s members describe their music as “swamp metal,” a term that has been described by Allmusic as “the murkiest, dirtiest sludge to come out of Savannah since Kylesa”.

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1		Bring Me Darkness			241
2		Brewing the Storm			223
3		Ender of All			200
4		Mass Devotion			184
5		Set The Dial To Your Doom			182
6		Embrace The Madness			176
7		Resistor			167
8		Carved In Stone			159
9		Snake Charmer			157
10		Red Eyes, Black Skies			150
11		Way of Horse and Bow			126
12		This Time Is Divine			122
13		Growing Horns			121
14		Crossroads And Thunder			118
15		Unleash the Wrath			115

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