sludgy
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In 1973, the Isley Brothers remade the song on their “3 + 3” LP; two decades after that, the gothic metal band Type O Negative recorded a sludgy, slowed-down rendition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
The previous February, 132 million gallons of black, sludgy water, heavy with mine wastes, surged through a makeshift dam and down a mountain hollow known as Buffalo Creek.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The record was grim and sludgy – partly because the band had recorded it in just two days, with limited funds.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
The sludgy and foreboding take on electrified blues music, coupled with sci-fi stories and witch tales, laid the groundwork for decades of hard rock music across nine albums with Black Sabbath.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
Gingersnipes emerged with a long, flat stick, and they set sail across the sludgy pond.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Here, though, the number was Mr. LeBlanc’s alone, and he gave in to his sludgier impulses, his voice oozing awkwardly around the lyrics, compressing them into unintelligibility.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010
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