In the art world, it is fostered by an incessant rain of numbers in the media whenever an art star comes to its attention. Graffiti Artists Turn on Banksy: The Rise of Art Hate Anthony Haden-Guest August 6, 2014
For the music genre, see Sludge metal. Sludge. Sludge is a semi-solid slurry and can be produced as sewage sludge from wastewater treatment processes or as a settled suspension obtained from conventional drinking water treatment and numerous other industrial processes.
slough-a hollow filled with mud. bog, peat bog-wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel.