Knut is a sludge metal

Sludge metal

Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...

/post-hardcore

Post-hardcore

Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 band from Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 that formed in 1994. Early material was put out on Snuff Records, which was run by Séverin and Mounir. They are currently signed to Hydra Head Records, which is owned and operated by Aaron Turner

Aaron Turner

Aaron Turner is a musician, singer, graphic artist, and founder of label Hydra Head Records. He is most widely known for his role as guitarist and vocalist for the post-metal band Isis, while also participating in several other bands and projects such as Old Man Gloom and Lotus Eaters.Though raised...

 of Isis

Isis (band)

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. In 2010, the band released their first new studio album in more than five years.

Discography

• Knut 7" (1994, self-released)
• Split 7" with Ishma (1996, self-released/Bone Tone)
• Leftovers MCD (1997, Snuff Records; re-released in 2003)
• Bastardiser
  Bastardiser
  Bastardiser is the first full-length album by Swiss post-hardcore band Knut.-Track listing:# "Crawling on All Fours" – 3:19# "Engine" – 4:14# "The Whip" – 3:01# "High-Low" – 3:00# "Merge" – 4:16# "Wiped Out" – 2:24# "Descent" – 4:18...
  
  (1998, Snuff Records; released on vinyl
  Gramophone record
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   by Chrome St. Magnus in 1999)
• Split 7" with Tantrum (1998, Snuff/Vicious Circle)
• Ordeal 7" (1999, Snuff Records/Molaire Industries)
• DIY MCD (1999, self-released)
• Split 10" with Botch
  Botch (band)
  Botch was a four-piece mathcore band from Tacoma, Washington, United States, that formed in 1993 and disbanded in 2002.-History:The band released two full-length albums and a handful of smaller releases including several singles and an EP. Its members went on an indefinite hiatus to form Roy,...
  
   and Ananda (2000, Mosh Bart Industries)
• Knut EP (2001, Hydra Head Records
  Hydra Head Records
  Hydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in heavy metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner in 1993...
  
  )
• Challenger
  Challenger (album)
  -Track listing:#"Whacked Out" – 5:25#"Repressed" – 2:15#"El Niño" – 5:19#"Bite the Bullet" – 2:21#"Neon Guide" – 4:55#"H/Armless" – 3:51#"58.788" – 4:35#"Ice Will" – 3:02#"March" – 19:51-Personnel:*Didier Séverin – vocals*Phillipe Hess – guitar...
  
  (2002, Hydra Head Records)
• Terraformer
  Terraformer (album)
  Terraformer is the third album by Swiss band Knut, released in 2005 on Hydra Head Records.-Track listing:# "7.08"– 1:32# "WYRIWYS" – 4:48# "Kyoto" – 4:19# "Torvalds" – 3:03# "Seattle" – 1:50# "Bollingen" – 1:51# "Solar Flare" – 7:30...
  
  (2005, Hydra Head Records; vinyl released on Conspiracy Records)
• Alter anniversary remix album
  Remix album
  A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
  
  (2006, Hydra Head Records)
• Wonder (2010, Hydra Head Records)

Current members

• Didier Séverin – vocals
• Jerome Doudet – bass
• Roderic Mounir – drums
• Tim Robert-Charrue – guitar
• Christian Valleise – guitar

Previous members

• Philippe Hess – guitar
• Jeremy Tavernier – bass, guitar
• Thierry Van Osselt - bass