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{{Short description|American extreme metal band}}
{{for|the 1973 film for which this band is named|Soylent Green}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name = Soilent Green
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| alias =
| origin = [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], United StatesU.S.
| genre = {{hlist|[[Sludge metal]]|[[grindcore]]}}
| years_active = 1988–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dwell Records|Dwell]]|[[Relapse Records|Relapse]]|[[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]]|[[Housecore Records|Housecore]]}}
| associated_acts =
| current_members =
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*Glenn Rambo
*Marcel Trenchard
*[[Scott Williams (musician)|Scott Williams]]
*Ben Stout
*Tony White
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'''Soilent Green''' is an American [[grindcore]]/[[sludge metal]] band formed in 1988 in [[Chalmette, Louisiana|Chalmette]]/[[Metairie, Louisiana|Metairie]] on the suburbs of [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].
'''Soilent Green''' is an American [[extreme metal]] band formed in 1988 in [[Chalmette]]/[[Metairie]] on the suburbs of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. Described as a [[sludge metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1580756/soilent-green-inspired-by-cartoon-squids-plus-lamb-of-god-celtic-frost-more-news-that-rules-in-metal-file/ | title= Soilent Green Inspired By Cartoon Squids; Plus Lamb of God, Celtic Frost & More News That Rules, In Metal File | work=[[MTV]] | accessdate=July 8, 2017 |last=Harris | first=Chris}}</ref> and [[grindcore]] band,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soilent-green-records-squidbillies-theme-song/| title= SOILENT GREEN Records 'Squidbillies' Theme Song
| work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] | accessdate=July 8, 2017 |date= June 15, 2009}}</ref> the group blends elements of [[death metal]], [[black metal]], [[hardcore punk|hardcore]], and [[Blues Rock|bluesy]], groove-oriented [[Southern rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/soilent-green-mn0000754513/biography | title= Soilent Green | work=[[AllMusic]] | accessdate=July 8, 2017 |last=York | first=William}}</ref>
 
==OverviewHistory==
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Soilent Green was founded in 1988, but their débutdebut album wasn'twas not released until 1995, when ''[[Pussysoul]]'' came out onvia [[Dwell Records]]. The following four albums were released by [[Relapse Records]], until they signed with [[Metal Blade Records]] for their 2008 album, ''[[Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction]]''.
 
On April 26 April, 2004, bassist [[Scott Williams (musician)|Scott Williams]] was killed in a [[murder/suicidemurder–suicide]] by his roommatepartner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21841|title=Former Soilent Green Bassist Killed Inin Apparent Murder Suicide - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=27 April 2004|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2996|title=Former Soilent Green Bassist Scott Williams Found Murdered |publisher=Knac.com|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref> In September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=42427|title=Former Soilent Green Vocalist Glenn Rambo Found Dead - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=2 October 2005|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>▼
==Deaths==
▲On 26 April 2004, bassist [[Scott Williams (musician)|Scott Williams]] was killed in a [[murder/suicide]] by his roommate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21841|title=Former Soilent Green Bassist Killed In Apparent Murder Suicide - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2996|title=Former Soilent Green Bassist Scott Williams Found Murdered |publisher=Knac.com|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>
 
== Musical style ==
In September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=42427|title=Former Soilent Green Vocalist Glenn Rambo Found Dead - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>
Soilent Green's musical style is characterized as a mixture of [[grindcore]] with [[Sludge metal|sludge]] and [[blues]]-heavy [[southern rock]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal |publisher=Zonda Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-9582684-0-0 |pages=281}}</ref> ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' initially saw the band as an intersection of [[Eyehategod]], [[Crowbar]] and [[Anal Cunt]] with occasional borrowings from [[death metal]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stappert |first=Andreas |title=Review: Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets |magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |edition=140 |language=de}}</ref> but on the next album the group's sound focussed on grindcore, which the band combined with influences from sludge and [[technical death metal]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stappert |first=Andreas |title=Review: Soilent Green - A Deleted Symphony For The Beaten Down |magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |edition=176 |language=de}}</ref> and coined the term "sludgegrind" for Soilent Green's 2008 album.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Wolf-Rüdiger|first= Mühlmann|title=Review: Soilent Green - Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction |magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |edition=252 |language=de}}</ref> Michael Edele of [[laut.de]] described the band's style as a "contradictory mixture of [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]], sludge, grindcore and southern rock".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edele |first=Michael |date=2008 |title=Review: Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction |url=http://www.laut.de/Soilent-Green/Inevitable-Collapse-In-The-Presence-Of-Conviction-(Album) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803195957/http://www.laut.de/Soilent-Green/Inevitable-Collapse-In-The-Presence-Of-Conviction-(Album) |archive-date=3 August 2012 |website=[[Laut.de]] |language=de}}</ref>
 
The band's 1990s and early-2000s albums are regarded as trendsetting for the grindcore genre;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mudrian |first=Albert |title=Choosing Death: Die unglaubliche Geschichte von Death Metal & Grindcore |date=2006 |publisher=I.P. Verlag Jeske und Mader (2006) |isbn=978-3-931624-35-4 |pages=235 |language=de |trans-title=[[Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore]]}}</ref> a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' article listed Soilent Green as one of the "ten most important hard and heavy bands" of the hour in the late 1990s.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ratliff |first=Ben |date=1999-02-04 |title=Metal: The Next Generation |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/metal-the-next-generation-185482/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
 
==In popular culture==
In 2009, theySoilent wereGreen was featured on the first episode of season four on the [[Adult Swim]] show ''[[Squidbillies]]'', episode 41, entitled "Lerm". They performed the main title theme in a [[cowpunk]]/sludge style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=154476|title=Zoroaster Temporarily Parts With Bassist - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=24 February 2011|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>
 
==Members==
;===Current===
*Tommy Buckley – drums <small>(1988–present)</small>
*Brian Patton – guitarguitars <small>(1988–present)</small>
*Ben Falgoust – vocals <small>(1993–present)</small>
*Scott Crochet – bass <small>(2003–present)</small>
 
;===Former===
*Donovan Punch – rhythm guitar <small>(1988–1999)</small>
*Glenn Rambo – vocals <small>(1988–1992; died 2005)</small>
*Marcel Trenchard - bass <small>(1988–1992)</small>
*[[Scott Williams (musician)|Scott Williams]] – bass <small>(1992–2002; died 2004)</small>
*Ben Stout – rhythm guitar <small>(2000–2001)</small>
*Tony White – rhythm guitar <small>(2003–2005)</small>
*Gregg Harney – rhythm guitar <small>(2005–2007)</small>
 
; ===Timeline===▼
 
▲; Timeline
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==Discography==
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|1995
|''[[Pussysoul]]''
|[[Dwell Records]]
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|1998
| ''String of Lies'' (EP)
|[[RepalpseRelapse Records]]
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|1998
| ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
|[[Relapse Records]]
|-
|2001
|''[[A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down]]''
|[[Relapse Records]]
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|2005
|''[[Confrontation (Soilent Green album)|Confrontation]]''
|[[Relapse Records]]
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|2008
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.Soilent-green.com/}}
*{{allmusic}}
 
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[[Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Louisiana]]
[[Category:Musical groups from New Orleans]]
[[Category:SludgeAmerican sludge metal musical groups]]
[[Category:American grindcore musical groups]]
[[Category:Relapse Records artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1988]]
[[Category:MusicalAmerican musical quartets]]
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