In the first decade of the 21st century, when there was a lot of weight being thrown behind the burgeoning "southern sludge" movement, Little Rock's Rwake (pronounced "wake") tore off an all-time run of kaleidoscopic, progressive doom metal albums. They were sometimes lumped in with the Savannah circle of bands – Baroness, Kylesa, Black Tusk – but their freewheeling, cosmic sound always felt a little wilder than what their Georgian contemporaries were doing at the time. Rwake's sophomore album, 2002's Hell Is A Door To The Sun, was their first masterpiece, an unhinged blend of proggy songcraft, psychedelic exploration, harrowing backwoods atmospherics, and good ol' southern choogle. Songs like the furious "Unleashing Cosmic Destruction" and the meandering "The Stoner Tree" showcased the band's awesome range, and the double-headed demon of co-vocalists Chris "CT" Terry and Brittany Fugate served as a breath of fresh air in a scene where workmanlike, monosyllabic grunts were the norm.