Black Tusk
Black Tusk formed in Savannah, Georgia in January 2005 when members of disbanding punk bands began playing together on the same street, quickly gravitating toward what they describe as 'swamp metal'—a particularly murky strain of sludge that AllMusic linked to the broader Savannah scene alongside Baroness and Kylesa. After early releases on Hyperrealist and a series of splits, the band signed to Relapse Records in 2009, releasing Taste the Sin (2010) and Set the Dial (2011). Bassist Jonathan Athon died in November 2014 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
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