Ramesses is a sludge

Sludge metal

Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...

/doom metal

Doom metal

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 band from Dorset, England, featuring ex-members of Electric Wizard

Electric Wizard

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Biography

Ramesses was formed in February 2003 by Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening (ex-Electric Wizard) with Adam Richardson formerly of Lord of Putrefaction, Spirmyard, and Hexed. They play a form of "crushing blackened doom" with "torrential riffing", "concussive percussion" and frightening growls

Death growl

A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...

composed during "freeform psychedelic jams". They are currently unsigned. Their second album titled 'Take the Curse' was released in 2010.

Studio

• Misanthropic Alchemy (2007)
• Take the Curse (2010)
• Chrome Pineal (2011)
• Possessed By The Rise Of Magik (2011)
• TBC (2012)

EPs/Demos

• Promo 2003 (Demo
  Demo (music)
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  , 2003)
• Negative Reaction/Ramesses Split
  Split album
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   (Split, 2004)
• We Will Lead You to Glorious Times (EP
  Extended play
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  , 2005)
• The Tomb (Demo, 2005)
• "Lack of Almost Everything" cover of an Eyehategod
  Eyehategod
  Eyehategod is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans who formed in 1988. They have become one of the most well known bands to emerge from the NOLA metal scene...
  
   song on the tribute album For the Sick
  For the Sick
  For the Sick is the title of the various artist tribute album to one of the most influential sludge metal bands, Eyehategod. It was released through Emetic Records on March 20, 2007.-CD 1:...
  
   (Song, 2007)
• Unearthly Trance
  Unearthly Trance
  Unearthly Trance is a sludge metal/doom metal trio from Brooklyn/Queens New York, composed of guitarist-vocalist Ryan Lipynsky, bassist Jay Newman, and drummer Darren Verni. They were formed in 2000 and have released material on leading labels of the genre like Southern Lord, Rise Above Records...
  
  /Ramesses split (10" Split, 2009)
• Baptism of the Walking Dead (EP, 2009)

External links

• Ramesses' Homepage
• Ramesses on MySpace
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