Praying
Oakland's Praying has been trafficking in a heavy, corrosive blend of sludge, doom, and alternative metal since 2015, rooted in the Bay Area's tradition of bands that use sheer heaviness as emotional expression rather than mere spectacle. The alt-metal thread gives their sound an unexpected melodic accessibility that makes the sludge-doom density hit harder by contrast — ugly and abrasive in all the right moments, but never without purpose. Oakland's gritty character bleeds into every note.
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Discography
Vol.1: Heavier Than Thou
Vol. 2: Heavier Rocks
Once More Without Feeling
Bastard Gas
The Thing Was Written With Salt
I’m No Healer
Love Made Me a Coward
Bug Bath / Praying Split
True Hellman
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