Agents of Oblivion was an American

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band from

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that evolved from

Acid Bath Acid Bath is an American sludge metal band from Houma, Louisiana, that was active from 1991 to 1997. Regarded as one of the first and most influential sludge metal bands, they combined a doom metal foundation with elements of hardcore punk, de ...

. Fronted by

Dax Riggs Dax David Riggs (born October 15, 1973) is an American musician, best known for fronting the sludge metal band Acid Bath in the 1990s. He has been a part of many projects since then, including Agents of Oblivion and Deadboy and the Elephantmen, ...

, their sound displayed influences from

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and

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, among others.

History

After

Audie Pitre Acid Bath is an American sludge metal band from Houma, Louisiana, that was active from 1991 to 1997. Regarded as one of the first and most influential sludge metal bands, they combined a doom metal foundation with elements of hardcore punk, de ...

died,

decided to form a slower band in Daisyhead & The Mooncrickets. However, it only laid out the basics of what was to come. Soon after, Agents of Oblivion was formed, a band including two former members of

, Riggs and Mike Sanchez. The title of the band derives from a line in "The Beautiful Downgrade", the bonus poem from Acid Bath's last album ''

Paegan Terrorism Tactics ''Paegan Terrorism Tactics'' is the second and final studio album by American sludge metal band Acid Bath. It is the band's last album before their disbanding in 1997 due to the death of bassist Audie Pitre. The album was written while the band ...

''. "The agents of oblivion descend upon the sane, caked with mud and mother's blood." The band released one self-titled album in 2000—which, while acclaimed, attracted relatively little notice outside of the South—and broke up soon after. Riggs went on to form Deadboy and the Elephantmen with Chuck Pitre. Alex Bergeron, formerly of local Houma band SlowTheKnife, joined later and continued on with Rigg's post-Deadboy solo work.

Discography

* 1999: ''Agents of Oblivion'' demo * 2000: ''

Agents of Oblivion Agents of Oblivion was an American alternative rock, rock band from Louisiana that evolved from Acid Bath. Fronted by Dax Riggs, their sound displayed influences from swamp rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock, grunge and Heavy metal music, metal, ...

References

External links

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Rotten Records – Artist Bio
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