Soilent Green is a grindcore

Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....

 and 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...

 band that hails from Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.

Overview

Soilent Green was founded in 1988. Their début album wasn't released until 1995, when Pussysoul

Pussysoul

Pussysoul is the debut album from sludge metal band, Soilent Green. It is the bands first and last album released through Los Angeles based record label Dwell Records...

came out on Dwell Records. The following four albums were released by Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

, until they signed with Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 for their 2008 album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction

Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction

Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction is NOLA sludge metal band Soilent Green's fifth album, released through Metal Blade Records on April 15, 2008...

. To promote the album they toured with God Forbid

God Forbid

God Forbid is an American heavy metal band formed in 1996 in East Brunswick, New Jersey.-Biography:Building up a following in the late 1990s by touring with bands such as GWAR, Nile, Cradle of Filth and Candiria, God Forbid's first full album Reject the Sickness was released by 9 Volt Records in 1999...

, Dethklok

Dethklok

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, and Chimaira

Chimaira

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.

The band have had their share of tribulations, even violence. On 26 April 2004, bassist Scott Williams

Scott Williams (musician)

Scott Williams was an American musician, and the bassist for sludge metal band Soilent Green.-Death:On April 26, 2004, he and his roommate were found dead in their apartment in Gretna, Louisiana in what was a result of an apparent murder-suicide. Williams was fatally shot in the head by roommate...

 was killed in an apparent murder/suicide by his roommate. Then, in September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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.

Coverage of the band has been positive. In 2006, Soilent Green was featured in Metal Maniacs

Metal Maniacs

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 magazine in an article about the New Orleans metal scene.

In 2009, they were featured on the first episode of season four on the Adult Swim

Adult Swim

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 show Squidbillies

Squidbillies

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, episode 41, entitled "Lerm". They performed the main title theme in a cowpunk/sludge style.

Current

• Tommy Buckley – drums (1988–present)
• Brian Patton – guitar (1988–present)
• Ben Falgoust – vocals (1993–present)
• Scott Crochet – bass (2003–present)

Former

• Glenn Rambo – vocals (1988–1992)
• Donovan Punch – guitar (1988–1998)
• Scott Williams
  Scott Williams (musician)
  Scott Williams was an American musician, and the bassist for sludge metal band Soilent Green.-Death:On April 26, 2004, he and his roommate were found dead in their apartment in Gretna, Louisiana in what was a result of an apparent murder-suicide. Williams was fatally shot in the head by roommate...
  
   – bass (1992–2002)
• Ben Stout – guitar (2000–2001)
• Tony White – guitar (2003–2005)
• Gregg Harney – guitar (2005–2007)
• Marcel Trenchard - bass (1988–1992)

Discography

Date of release	Title	Label
1995	Pussysoul Pussysoul Pussysoul is the debut album from sludge metal band, Soilent Green. It is the bands first and last album released through Los Angeles based record label Dwell Records...	Dwell Records
1998	A String of Lies (EP)	Relapse Records Relapse Records Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
1998	Sewn Mouth Secrets Sewn Mouth Secrets Sewn Mouth Secrets is the second full-length album from Louisiana-based heavy metal band Soilent Green. It was released on September 22, 1998.-History:...	Relapse Records Relapse Records Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
2001	A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down is the third full-length album by the heavy metal band Soilent Green, released on September 14, 2001 through Relapse Records.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Ben Falgoust – vocals*Ben Stout – guitar...	Relapse Records Relapse Records Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
2005	Confrontation Confrontation (Soilent Green album) Confrontation is the fourth album from the Louisiana based sludge metal band Soilent Green. Confrontation is also the last Soilent Green album to be released under the Relapse Records label.-Track listing:#"Scarlet Sunrise" - 1:03...	Relapse Records Relapse Records Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...
2008	Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction is NOLA sludge metal band Soilent Green's fifth album, released through Metal Blade Records on April 15, 2008...	Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...