Just to clarify what the Women of Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal group is all about, here’s what we look for:

Sludge grrls (Laura Pleasants, Kylesa)

Stoner grrls (Lori S., Acid King)

Doom grrls (Stevie Floyd, Dark Castle)

Post-Metal grrls (Julie Christmas, Made out of Babies)

Crust grrls (Amy Miret, Nausea)

Grunge grrls (Courtney Love, Hole)

Riot grrls (Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill)

No Wave grrls (Jarboe, Swans)

Noise/Experimental grrls (Stephanie, Tinsel Teeth)

Pioneers/Influential grrls (Jinx Dawson, Coven)

Got it? Good. JOIN US.

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Great sludge/stoner/doom metal albums featuring powerful vocal performances by great front women.

Jucifer, L’autrichienne

Dark Castle, Spirited Migration

Acid King, III

Bloody Panda, Summon

Damad, Burning Cold

Kylesa, Static Tensions

Made out of Babies, Trophy

Rwake, Voices of Omens

Neurosis & Jarboe, Self-Titled

Mares of Thrace, The Moulting

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Is this the day the new Baroness and Made out of Babies albums are going to come?

You know, it’s kind of confusing. Last January while in Atlanta, I was in the Borders close to Lenox Square Mall looking through an issue of either Metal Hammer or Terrorizer (can’t remember which), but they had a feature called “The Most Anticipated Albums of 2011”. Baroness were listed with a “winter/spring” promise. Also, Revolver had reported that Made out of Babies already had eight songs completed for their follow-up to 2008’s The Ruiner, and that it was supposed to see a release date in mid-2011.

Winter and Spring passed, and there was no Baroness album. There were a few teasers from the band, especially in the videos posted to their official Tumblr. Still there was no formal announcement made about a new album, no artwork, no nothing - just peculiar 15-second videos of the band rehearsing.

I’ve also heard absolutely nothing about a new Made out of Babies album since. The band doesn’t exactly update their Facebook or Myspace pages that often, so fans are kind of left in the dark on this one. Julie Christmas did a solo tour in Europe earlier this year, but I don’t know what girlfriend is up to now. If you read this, what are you working on? Is there a new MOOB album in the not-so-distant future?

Now I do have members of both bands as friends on Facebook, but it’s kind of rude just to message them with “HEY GUYS WHEN’S THE NEW ALBUM COMING OUT?”. Artists don’t like to be rushed. Still…I’m getting antsy.

Does anybody have info on either album and what might be happening with each of them, or do you have theories?

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