Doom
Full Album Stream: Vandampire –Hope Scars
October 27, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
UK post-metal doom crafters Vandampire don’t suck (blood or otherwise) on debut full-length, Hope Scars.
Track Premieres: Beastwars – ‘Guardian of Fire’ & ‘The Devil’
October 27, 2025 Emily Bellino
Hear two new tunes from New Zealand stoner-doom outfit Beastwars.
Full Album Stream: Modder –Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun
October 1, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
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 Emily Bellino
South Korean sludge crew Gawthrop get heavy and nihilistic on new track “Jimmy.”
Full Album Stream: Faetooth – “Labyrinthine”
September 4, 2025 J. Andrew
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Tim Mudd
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 Emily Bellino
Progressive doom outfit MOTHS explore the seven deadly sins on their new album, Septem.
Track Premiere: Whitehorse – “The Wait”
July 7, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Aussie drone demons Whitehorse offer up a new track, “The Wait,” from their sludge match split, The Dissolution of Eternity, with UBOA.
Video Premiere: In the Company of Serpents – “A Patchwork Art”
June 23, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Denver sludge trio In the Company of Serpents rip it up on new track, “A Patchwork Art.”
Video Premiere: Castle Rat – ‘Wizard’
June 10, 2025 Emily Bellino
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 Justin Norton
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Decibel Magazine
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 Decibel Magazine
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Emily Bellino
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 J. Andrew
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 Decibel Magazine
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Decibel Magazine
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 J. Bennett
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 Tim Mudd
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 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the mournful new elegy from New Orleans experimental doomgazers, Guts Club, “Remember the Mountains.”
Track Premiere: Pentagram – “Dull Pain”
January 16, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Portuguese doom deceivers Lord Sin shake foundations on their second album Confessions.
KILL SCREEN 051: Kelly Schilling of DREADNOUGHT and the Temples of Fantastical Doom
December 4, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The guitarist/vocalist shares the elements that lead the Denver doom quintet to Hyrule.
