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Lento is an Italian atmospheric sludge metal band formed in 2004.

Musical Style
Lento is an instrumental musical band started up in in Ostia, a small town near Rome, Italy in the fall of 2004.

Lento draws from a wide range of musical influences including Swans, Neurosis and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

François Couture of allmusic.com describes Lento as being "entirely instrumental, the music relies on superimposed repetitive guitar riffs, crawling beats, and ambient textures to create a rather unique mood that has both bite and sweetness" during his review of the band's first album Earthen, a record he ultimately gave 3.5/5 and described as having "focus, variety and meat".

Studio Albums

 * 2007 - Earthen

Live Albums
 * 2011 - Icon
 * 2012 - Anxiety Despair Languish
 * 2012 - Live Recording 8.10.11

Eps and Compilations

 * 2007 - Supernaturals: Record One with Ufomammut
 * 2013 - Lento/Tons split EP with Tons