Much like in that episode of The Simpsons where Lisa dates school bully Nelson, Baroness have taken the seemingly ugly face of sludge metal and exposed a tenderness in its heart. The Savannah beloveds, ever-led by singer/guitarist John Dyer Baizley, are loyal to their genre’s hard-nosed riffs, yet they also smooth them with silken, textured melodies.
It’s an interplay that refuses to be boring: the band are now 20 years in, boasting a Grammy nomination, the approval of Metallica and, most importantly, not a single duff release as a result of their innovative graft. But what’s the best of the spectrum? Here are Baroness’s six technicolour albums, ranked in order of magnificence.
