Three members of the band Bleeth are seated on the edge of a porcelain bathtub in a brightly tiled bathroom, facing the camera. A large, colorful mosaic of a tiger's head is visible on the wall behind them.
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Miami can be a tough place to make a living. It’s not hard to hear that struggle in Bleeth’s devastating take on Florida sludge metal.

Emerging with 2018’s Geomancer, bassist Ryan Rivas & co. turned in a sprawling 10-track album, Marionette, over the summer.

FFO Swervedriver, Unsane, and Hum, Bleeth headlines alongside Tampa sludge outfit Slowrot, and visitors from Virginia (Üga Büga), North Carolina (Weight Shift) and other parts of Florida (Veneficus, Sun Throne).

Tickets to see Bleeth play Deviant Libation in Tampa on Friday, Nov. 21 are still available and start at $15.

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This article appears in Nov. 20 – 26, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...