Today is the Day's 1996 self-titled album should be under avant-garde metal

First Post January 05, 2023 02:11 PM

The self-titled 3rd album from Today is the Day currently has just the sludge metal tag, but honestly, it's way more than just sludge. There is some usage of background keyboards, and prominent progressive experimentation similar instrumentally to Voivod and early Protest the Hero, though with more emphasis on experimental than progressive. The interludes, guitar, and scream/clean vocal alternations make things seem like a prototype of mid-2000s The Dillinger Escape Plan, though it's far out of reach from mathcore mostly. I would consider this album a mix of noise rock, sludgecore, and avant-garde metal, or experimental noise sludge for short. So I'd like to submit the 1996 self-titled Today is the Day album to the Hall to be added to the Infinite as avant-garde metal, while maintaining its place in sludge metal.

January 05, 2023 10:53 PM

This nomination has been added to the Hall of Judgement.