Doom

Full Album Stream: Vandampire –Hope Scars

October 27, 2025

UK post-metal doom crafters Vandampire don’t suck (blood or otherwise) on debut full-length, Hope Scars.

Full Album Stream: Modder –Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun

October 1, 2025

Hear Belgian instrumental psych-doom-sludge crushers Modder find their place in the sun the hard way on their new Consouling Sounds full-length.

Track Premiere: Gawthrop – ‘Jimmy’

September 9, 2025

South Korean sludge crew Gawthrop get heavy and nihilistic on new track “Jimmy.”

Full Album Stream: Faetooth – “Labyrinthine”

September 4, 2025

It’s only September, but the haunting of this year’s spooky season has already begun with Faetooth’s new doomy masterwork.

Video Premiere: Cosmic Reaper – “Bones”

August 27, 2025

Sludgy North Carolinians Cosmic Reaper fire up some “Bones” in their latest video from new album Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned.

Video Premiere: Tar Pit – “Jubilee”

August 13, 2025

From the smoke-choked crypts of Portland rises Tar Pit, casting long shadows with their latest doom-soaked incantation, “Jubilee.” We’re premiering the video for this haunting slab of eldritch doom—a term the band doesn’t just invoke, but embodies.

Full Album Stream: MOTHS – “Septem”

July 29, 2025

Progressive doom outfit MOTHS explore the seven deadly sins on their new album, Septem.

Track Premiere: Whitehorse – “The Wait”

July 7, 2025

Aussie drone demons Whitehorse offer up a new track, “The Wait,” from their sludge match split, The Dissolution of Eternity, with UBOA.

Video Premiere: Castle Rat – ‘Wizard’

June 10, 2025

Sink your teeth into a cinematic new video from fantasy-doom champions Castle Rat.

Track Premiere and QA: Völur/Cares: “Breathless Spirit”

May 29, 2025

Decibel is delighted to premiere the title track from Völur‘s Breathless Spirit today — the band’s first new song in roughly half a decade.

Full Album Stream: Veljet —Demiurgo

May 21, 2025

The price of Mexican psych doom remains unchanged, so check out the new full-length, Demiurgo, from sludgy trio Veljet.

Paradise Lost ‘No Celebration’ Book Signing Session Announced for Maryland Deathfest!

May 21, 2025

Meet doom metal icons Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh of Paradise Lost at MDF this weekend to sign copies of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost: Expanded Edition at the Decibel merch table!

‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost Expanded Edition’ Is Out Today! Read an Exclusive Excerpt!

May 20, 2025

It’s okay to celebrate the release day of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost – Expanded Edition with this exclusive excerpt from Decibel‘s limited edition hardcover classic.

Full Album Stream: Grave Speaker –Rays of the Emerald Sun

May 14, 2025

Deep-sixed doom slayer Grave Speaker is not just a tokin’ stoner psych band. It’s the solo side project of High ’n Heavy guitarist John Steele.

Video Premiere: The Gates of Slumber – ‘Full Moon Fever’

April 28, 2025

Indianapolis doom crew The Gates of Slumber debut a new music video from their eponymous 2024 album.

Full Album Stream: Tenebrae –Los Dioses Ausentes

April 23, 2025

Hear Mexican blackened doom dealers Tenebrae make their burnt offerings to the forgotten gods on new debut, Los Dioses Ausentes.

Full Album Stream: Pagan Altar –Never Quite Dead Again

April 22, 2025

The cultiest of cult UK doom bands, Pagan Altar, return with new (old) material unearthed from some of former vocalist Terry Jones’ last writing sessions.

Track Premiere: Faetooth – “Death of Day”

April 18, 2025

Check out the new song from LA’s Faetooth and immerse yourself in the blend of doom, sludge and shoegaze they call “fairy doom.”

-(16)- Premiere Exclusive New Song, “Idol of Abuse,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

April 2, 2025

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from San Diego sludge-slingers -(16)- before the discs are sold out for good!

Full Album Stream: Oculto –Mal de Ojo

March 5, 2025

Low-and-slow Mexico City sludge duo Oculto are back with another psyched-out full-length vinyl LP, Mal de Ojo, exclusively on Things From Beyond Records.

-(16)- to Release Exclusive New Recording, “Idol of Abuse,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

February 27, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, March 3 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from San Diego sludge slingers -(16)-!

KYLESA Reveal New Lineup, Announce First U.S. Show Dates

February 18, 2025

Sludge psych legends Kylesa reveal new lineup, announces a pair of U.S. shows scheduled for this December

Video Premiere: Coltsblood – “Waning of the Wolf Moon”

February 5, 2025

Coltsblood‘s Obscured Into Nebulous Dusk arrives May 30 via Translation Loss Records but we have first taste for you now.

Track Premiere: Guts Club – “Remember the Mountains”

January 20, 2025

Hear the mournful new elegy from New Orleans experimental doomgazers, Guts Club, “Remember the Mountains.”

Track Premiere: Pentagram – “Dull Pain”

January 16, 2025

Legendary U.S. doom crew Pentagram return with the latest single from their first new studio album in a decade.

Track Premiere: Warlung – “White Light Seeker”

December 19, 2024

Houston doomsayers Warlung run to the light on new single Heavy Psych Sounds single, “White Light Seeker.”

Full Album Stream: Lord Sin –Confessions

December 11, 2024

Hear Portuguese doom deceivers Lord Sin shake foundations on their second album Confessions.