Saint Vitus

Considered one of the most influential American doom and sludge metal ensembles, Saint Vitus emerged in the early 1980s alongside monolithic contemporaries like Pentagram, Trouble, and Witchfinder General. With a sound torn from the pages of the gospel of Black Sabbath, the band issued a string of authoritative albums, including Saint Vitus (1984), Born Too Late (1986), V (1990), and Die Healing (1995) before ceasing operations in 1996. The ensuing years saw them occasionally reconvene for a handful of live performances, but they made it official in 2012 when they released the...