
Never one for original catchy titles, these early EPs were simply called FIRST and “Second.” The two EPs have also been released as a combo pack also unexcitingly titled “First & Second” in 2008 after the band found success with its full-length debut. Also noted for the band’s fondness of naming albums after colors, before the debut “Red Album” in 2007, BARONESS released two EPs and one split. On September 20, 2008, the band announced via read more.īARONESS was started in Savannah, Georgia by a group of friends who grew up in Lexington, Virginia and has become one of the more recognizable sludge metal acts in recent years although the band has drifted more into stoner metal territory. On December 1, 2007, Baroness performed at New York City's Bowery Ballroom. Heavy metal magazine Revolver named it Album of the Year. The Red Album was released on Septemand met with a positive reception. Phillip Cope from Kylesa continued to produce Baroness on this album.

Singer John Dyer Baizley creates the artwork for all Baroness albums, and has done artwork for other bands.įrom 2004 to 2007, Baroness recorded and released three EPs, named First, Second and A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk (aka Third), with the third one being a split album with Unpersons.īaroness started recording their first full-length album in March 2007. Baroness is a progressive sludge metal / stoner metal band from Savannah in Georgia, formed in 2003.īaroness formed in mid-2003, founded by former members of the punk/metal band Johnny Welfare and the Paychecks.
