| Baroness | |
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Baroness performing live; visible are Baizley and Welch |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Savannah, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Sludge metal, progressive metal |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Relapse Records Hyperrealist Records At a Loss Recordings |
| Associated acts | Valkyrie |
| Website | baronessmusic.com |
| Members | |
| John Baizley Allen Blickle Peter Adams Summer Welch |
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| Past members | |
| Brian Blickle Tim Loose |
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Baroness is a band from Savannah, Georgia whose members grew up together in Lexington, Virginia.[1]
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Baroness formed in mid-2003,[1] founded by former members of the punk/metal band Johnny Welfare and the Paychecks.[2] Singer John Baizley creates the artwork for all Baroness albums, and has done artwork for other bands and labels such as Darkest Hour, The Red Chord, Vitamin X, Skeletonwitch, Sounds of the Underground, Kylesa, Kvelertak, Black Tusk (Band), Daughters, Torche, Pig Destroyer, and the Magrudergrind/Shitstorm split grindcore CD on Robotic Empire.[3]
From 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.
Baroness started recording their first full-length album on March 2007. The Red Album was released on September 4, 2007.[4] and met positive reception. Heavy metal magazine Revolver named it Album of the Year.[5] On December 1, 2007, Baroness performed at New York City's Bowery Ballroom. On September 20, 2008, the band announced via MySpace Brian Blickle would be parting ways, while also introducing a new guitarist named Peter Adams, also of Virginia-based band Valkyrie.
Throughout 2007–9, Baroness toured and shared the stage with many bands including Converge, The Red Chord, High on Fire, Opeth, Coheed and Cambria, Coliseum, Mastodon, Minsk and Clutch.
On May 18, 2009 Baroness entered The Track Studio in Plano, Texas, to record their second full length album, Blue Record, produced by John Congleton (The Roots, Explosions in the Sky, Black Mountain, The Polyphonic Spree). It was released via Relapse Records on October 13, 2009.
In February and March 2010 Baroness played in the Australian Soundwave Festival, alongside bands such as Clutch, Isis, Meshuggah, Janes Addiction and Faith No More,[6] and toured Japan in March 2010 with Isis.[7]
Baroness have toured with many other prominent bands, such as supporting Mastodon on their US headlining tour in April–May 2010, Deftones for August–September 2010. In addition, Baroness was selected as one of two support acts (the other being Lamb of God) for Metallica on their tour of Australia and New Zealand in late 2010.[8]
Baroness also performed at Coachella and Bonnaroo in 2010.[9][10]
On May 23, 2011, the band launched their official website [11]. The first content released on the new page gave hints to work on a new album for 2011 or early 2012 being produced again by John Congleton.
| Year | Album details | Chart positions | ||||
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| US Indie [12] |
US Heat [12] |
US Rock [12] |
US Taste [12] |
US [12] |
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| 2007 | Red Album
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– | – | – | – | – |
| 2009 | Blue Record
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14 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 117 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
| Year | Album details | Type | Notes |
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| 2007 | A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk
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Split album | Split record with Unpersons. Sometimes referred to as Third.[13] |
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2004 | First | Hyperrealist Records |
| 2005 | Second | Hyperrealist Records |
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2010 | "A Horse Called Golgotha" | Relapse Records[14] |
| Year | Title | Label |
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| 2008 | First & Second | Hyperrealist Records |
| Album | Title | Director |
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| Red Album (2007) | "Wanderlust" | Joshua Green[n 1] |
| Blue Album (2009) | "A Horse Called Golgotha" | Joshua Green[n 2] |
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