Doom Metal

In honor of Candlemass’s full-album performance of their landmark Epicus Doomicus Metallicus at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 10, scene royalty reflects on the LP’s impact.

Albuquerque-based desert rock outfit Red Mesa release new single “Forest Cathedral” via Desert Records. Only Red Mesa’s New Mexico flow is real!

Seattle doom trio deathCAVE offer a psychedelic and blackened approach to doom on new EP II.

It’s a double dose of doom with Slomatics and Domkraft.

The Decibel edition of Temple of Void‘s Summoning the Slayer LP is pressed on Electric Blue with Splatter vinyl and limited to just 200 copies worldwide! Pre-order now!

Watch a new video from weirdo doom collective Møtivatiøn.

Candlemass vocalist/legend Johan Längqvist discusses the doom kings’ special Epicus Doomicus Metallicus set at Metal & Beer Fest, amazingly, on the record’s 36th birthday.

Hear early ’90s death/doom legends Celestial Season continue their impressive rebirth.

Wisconsin doom crushers Cavernlight return for the first time in five years with the title track to new LP, As I Cast Ruin Upon The Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw.

Because we’re barely even a full month into 2022 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 40 more from 2021 to chew on.

In this exclusive Doom Lexicanum II book excerpt, co-founding frontman Aaron Stainthorpe explains how the original My Dying Bride lineup first met.

Arizona-based death-doom troupe Thorn unveil “Hellmouth” off new album, Yawning Depths.

British doom legends Cathedral celebrate three decades of Hall of Fame album Forest of Equilibrium.

Each Khemmis member shares five albums that personally influenced them while writing and producing their upcoming LP, Deceiver.

Dream Unending, featuring members of Tomb Mold and Innumerable Forms, stream new album, Tide Turns Eternal (20 Buck Spin). Doomed to dream!

Watch the video for “Harness” from stoner metal trio Crystal Spiders featuring Corrosion of Conformity’s Mike Dean.

Gold Spire blends dismal death/doom with sax-heavy progressive jazz in one of the year’s boldest extreme debuts.

Listen to an exclusive stream of Churchburn‘s Genocidal Rite and pick up a copy of the album now through Translation Loss Records ahead of its release this Friday.

We’ve got an exclusive 100-copy edition of the debut LP from new death/doom project Dream Unending on Neon Pink In Ultra Clear 140g vinyl. Pre-orders are live now!

Sweden’s Domkraft don’t beat around the bush with their slow-grinding version of AC/DC’s “Night Prowler.”

This gorgeous, 140-gram sea blue & olive green swirl vinyl is limited to 300 worldwide and is available for pre-order only via the Decibel webstore.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Tuesday, September 7 to obtain this limited edition flexi PICTURE DISC single featuring an exclusive new song from doomed heavy metallers Khemmis.

Hear Indianapolis heavy doom hitters Lavaborne‘s new single in advance of their Wise Blood debut Black Winged Gods, released on October 1st.

American doom/deathrock outfit Hour Of 13 unveil new album, “Black Magick Rites,” via Shadow Kingdom Records. Streaming only at Decibel!

The legendary doom metal vocalist (The Skull, ex-Trouble) passes away at 62 due to COVID-19-related complications

German doom metallers Flame, Dear Flame riff monolithically on new album, Aegis. Streaming in doomy full at Decibel!

Germany’s Praise the Plague is here with a new song and video filled with doom metal power and black metal gloom.

Blast into the deep cosmos with New Zealand stoner doom space travelers Planet of the Dead on their Kurt Vonnegut inspired single, “Pilgrim.”

Listen to an exclusive stream of Remains and read an in-depth interview with Hellish Form‘s Willow Ryan and Jacob Lee now. Their album officially arrives tomorrow through Translation Loss.

In which a psychedelic doom metal band releases a split album with a folk singer from Brooklyn