American doom / sludge metal band from Louisiana, characterized by their extremely slow, low-keyed, heavy and brooding songs.
Starting in 1989 and taking its name from the Crowbar group in NOLA (New Orleans), Kirk Windstein went on to pioneer slow and heavy music with a unique vocal style. Their first album, "Obedience Through Suffering" was released in 1991, but failed to achieve notoriety. By 1993's self-titled (Crowbar) album, personal friend Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, and Superjoint Ritual) produced the record, which eventually led to national promotion on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. Phil sang back up on a few tracks and sang background on "Broken Glass" which rounded out the metal anthems "All I Had (I Gave)," "I Have Failed" and "Existence is Punishment" along with a new take on the Led Zeppelin song "No Quarter." Following their success the band went on to record music videos, major tours with Pantera, and more albums. Their band stage antics became infamous, which led to being immoralized in the Pantera "Home Video 3" and Crowbar's "Like Broken" Home Video.
As time moved on the band lost its founding members with the exception on vocal and guitarist Kirk Windstein. After Todd Strange left the band, the trademark 300 pound + band members slimmed down and the heaviness was only in the music and not the band members. The band continues to perform, borrowing members from NOLA metal bands like Goatwhore and Acid Bath.
Crowbar (1993)
1. High Rate Extinction
2. All I Had (I Gave)
3. Will That Never Dies
4. Fixation
5. No Quarter
6. Self-Inflicted
7. Negative pollution
8. Existance is Punishment
9. Holding nothing
10. I Have Failed
Broken Glass (1996)
1. Conquering
2. Like Broken Glass
3. (Can't) Turn Away From Dying
4. Wrath of Time Be Judgement
5. Nothing
6. Burn Your World
7. I Am Forever
8. Above, Below and Inbetween
9. You Know (I'll Live Again)
10. Reborn Thru Me
Equilibrium (2000)
1. I Feel The Burning Sun
2. Equilibrium
3. Glass Full of Liquid Pain
4. Command of Myself
5. Down Into The Rotting Earth
6. To Touch the hand of God
7. Uncovering
8. Buried Once Again
9. Things You Can't Understand
10. Euphoria Minus one
11. Dream Weaver
12. Outro
Sonic Excess In It's Purest Form (2001)
1. The Lasting Dose
2. To Build a Mountain
3. Thru the Ashes (I've Watched You)
4. Awakening
5. Repulsive In It's Splendid Beauty
6. Counting Daze
7. In Times of Sorrow
8. It Pours From Me
9. Suffering Brings Wisdom
10. Failure to Delay Gradification
11. Empty Room
