Bongripper

Sludge

Bongripper is a four-piece Instrumental Sludge Metal band from Chicago, IL, United States. Since 2005, they have self-released seven recordings. Known for a deafening and intense live performance, the band thrives on an unrelenting sound that can compete with any of the heaviest Metal bands of their genre, covering a vast range of genres, from Noise, Drone Doom, and Dark Ambient to Post-Metal, their music stands out as a great example of Experimental Metal. The band formed in 2005, when a simple jam session began the making of their first album, The Great Barrier Reefer. Clocking in at 79 minutes and 23 seconds, The Great Barrier Reefer is a one track doom experimentation. The band released a very small amount of copies, and have yet to re-release the album since then. In 2007, Bongripper released their second full-length album entitled, Hippie KIller. The 10-track album has found its way into many stoner fans' libraries. Tracks such as Reefer Sutherland helped Hippie Killer receive a nomination for the stoner-sludge album of the year by Metalstorm.net. Later in 2007, Bongripper released an experimental drone album entitled Heroin. The album was packaged as a heroin kit, complete with a lighter, rubberband, and spoon. There were a very small number of these made, and they are nearly impossible to find today. In 2008, Bongripper released their 3rd full-length album entitled, Hate Ashbury. The album was split into 8 parts, and has been referred to as a kick in the babymaker...