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Soilent Green is a deathgrind and sludge metal
Sludge metal

Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that fuses doom metal and hardcore punk. Sludge metal is typically aggressive and abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distortion instruments and sharply contrasting tempos....
 band from Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.

ent Green was founded in 1988. Their debut album wasn't released until 1995, when Pussysoul
Pussysoul

Pussysoul is the debut album from extreme metal band, Soilent Green. It is the bands first and last album released through Los Angeles based record label Dwell Records....
 came out on Dwell Records. The following four albums were released by Relapse Records
Relapse Records

Relapse Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Independent music heavy metal music record label.The label was started by Matt Jacobson in August, 1990 in music in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado, with the guidance of his good friend and mentor Kevin Kopp....
, until they signed with Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded in 1981 in music by Brian Slagel. It has offices in the USA, Germany, and Japan. The label is distributed in the U.S....
 for their 2008 album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction
Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction

Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction is New Orleans, Louisiana multi-genre extreme metal band Soilent Green's fifth album, released through Metal Blade Records on April 15 2008....
. To promote the album they toured with God Forbid
God Forbid

God Forbid is an American heavy metal music band formed in 1996 in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. They are one of the leaders of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal....
, Dethklok
Dethklok

Dethklok is both a fictional death metal band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, as well as the virtual band created to perform the band's music in live shows....
, and Chimaira
Chimaira

Chimaira is an American heavy metal music band from Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, formed in 1998. The band is a notable band in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal....
.

The band have had their share of tribulations, even violence.






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Soilent Green is a deathgrind and sludge metal
Sludge metal

Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that fuses doom metal and hardcore punk. Sludge metal is typically aggressive and abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distortion instruments and sharply contrasting tempos....
 band from Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.

Overview

Soilent Green was founded in 1988. Their debut album wasn't released until 1995, when Pussysoul
Pussysoul

Pussysoul is the debut album from extreme metal band, Soilent Green. It is the bands first and last album released through Los Angeles based record label Dwell Records....
 came out on Dwell Records. The following four albums were released by Relapse Records
Relapse Records

Relapse Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Independent music heavy metal music record label.The label was started by Matt Jacobson in August, 1990 in music in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado, with the guidance of his good friend and mentor Kevin Kopp....
, until they signed with Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded in 1981 in music by Brian Slagel. It has offices in the USA, Germany, and Japan. The label is distributed in the U.S....
 for their 2008 album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction
Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction

Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction is New Orleans, Louisiana multi-genre extreme metal band Soilent Green's fifth album, released through Metal Blade Records on April 15 2008....
. To promote the album they toured with God Forbid
God Forbid

God Forbid is an American heavy metal music band formed in 1996 in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. They are one of the leaders of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal....
, Dethklok
Dethklok

Dethklok is both a fictional death metal band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, as well as the virtual band created to perform the band's music in live shows....
, and Chimaira
Chimaira

Chimaira is an American heavy metal music band from Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, formed in 1998. The band is a notable band in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal....
.

The band have had their share of tribulations, even violence. On 26 April 2004, bassist Scott Williams
Scott Williams (musician)

Scott Williams was an United States musician, and the bassist for sludge metal band Soilent Green....
 was killed in an apparent murder/suicide by his roommate. Then, in September 2005, former singer Glen Rambo was killed in Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
.

Coverage of the band has been positive. In 2006, Soilent Green was featured in Metal Maniacs
Metal Maniacs

Metal Maniacs was a heavy metal magazine founded in 1989 by Mike G. and Katherine Ludwig of Metal Shop. It was focused largely on covering underground metal, with emphasis on the black metal and death metal genres....
 magazine in an article about the New Orleans metal scene. Soilent Green was also featured in Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
 as one of the top 25 most influential metal bands.

Members


Current members

  • Tommy Buckley – drums (1988–present)
  • Brian Patton – guitar (1988–present)
  • Ben Falgoust – vocals (1993–present)
  • Scott Crochet – bass (2003–present)


Former members

  • Glenn Rambo – vocals (1988–1992)
  • Donovan Punch – guitar (1988–1998)
  • Scott Williams
    Scott Williams (musician)

    Scott Williams was an United States musician, and the bassist for sludge metal band Soilent Green....
     – bass (1992–2002)
  • Ben Stout – guitar (2000–2001)
  • Tony White – guitar (2003–2005)
  • Gregg Harney – guitar (2005–2007)
  • Marcel Trenchard - bass (1988-1992)


Discography


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