Metal Wars: Atlanta vs. Savannah

Something in Georgia's swamp water must push metal bands toward trippier sludge territory. Hear it in the increasingly psychedelic bent of Savannah bands like Kylesa and Baroness and Atlanta ones like Mastodon and Royal Thunder. You can judge for yourself which municipality wins. But Savannah—where Unpersons begat both Black Tusk and Kylesa—likely boasts the more twisted family tree.