Baroness play an eclectic brand of heavy metal, embracing the ferocity and sharp technique of new-millennium metal but with melodic accents and intelligent guitar work that suggest the influence of indie rock and post-punk bands. Based out of Savannah, Georgia, the group emerged in 2004 with a pair of EPs, and issued their full-length debut, Red Album, in 2007 on Relapse Records. 2009's Blue Record was the band's first studio effort to chart, and helped push Baroness to the forefront of an increasingly diverse metal scene, bridging the gap between indie and progressive rock an...