Toadliquor

Although not a major name in the metal world, Toadliquor has enjoyed a small cult following among fans of doom metal since the late '‘80s. The West Coast doom metal band (which was formed in Arroyo Grande, CA in 1989 but moved to Olympia, WA) has never come anywhere close to mainstream acceptance, and that is no doubt by design. Thriving on their underground status, Toadliquor have favored distorted, noisy, dissonant, brutal sludge that is riff-driven rather than melody-driven. Tempo-wise, Toadliquor is the exact opposite of speed metal, thrash metal and death metal; their rif...