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Brainoil
12+ albums
Sludgesludge metalCruststonersludgecore
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Brainoil is an American doom and sludge metal band from Oakland, California. Brainoil members have been long-term contributors to the East Bay underground punk and metal music scene. Brainoil's musical style is sludge metal influenced by bands such as Eyehategod, Melvins and Dystopia. History Early days The band was originally formed in 1998 by Greg Wilkinson as a solo project called Mr.Brainoil with a Boss drum machine. Greg was joined by Nate in the summer of 2000. Greg and Nate continued to work on material throughout the summer of 2000 writing and recording a demo by the fall of 2000. Greg and Nate ditched the drum machine by the winter of 2000 and were joined by Ira Harris. Brainoil's first show was on March 3, 2001, at Mission Records in San Francisco. 2001–2003 Brainoil entered the studio in early 2001 to record for a split CD with fellow Oakland sludge rockers Cruevo recorded by Noah Landis of Neurosis at Toad's studios in San Francisco. The CD was released by the end of 2002 as a 4-label split release between Shifty Records, Boredom Noise, Berserker and Unknown Controller. This release has since been lost to obscurity through a lack of repressing by any of the labels, and has become something of a collector's item in the sludge world. One of the songs from this recording session was released as a Split 7" with Seattle's Iron Lung on Greg Wilkinson's label, Boredom Noise (now defunct). Brainoil played extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area and along the West
![Cruevo/Brainoil [Split CD]](https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/d12ccc3ffa2a46a88c7623918b0c0409.png)
