Doom Metal

Check out the lyric video for “An Apathetic Grave” from Vallenfyre‘s upcoming third record, Fear Those Who Fear Him.

Get familiar with Ripple Music, purveyors of doom, stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock and metal. 

Decibel Album of the Year winners and Metal & Beer Fest vets Khemmis join the Decibel Flexi Series discography. Subscribe by May 8 to get your limited edition vinyl. 

Season of Arrows debut the music video for “The Bridge,” off sophomore effort Give It to the Mountain. 

Vokonis premiere the first single from their second album, both titled The Sunken Djinn. 

Hear and acquire the brand new With the Dead (ex-Cathedral, ex-Electric Wizard, ex-Bolt Thrower) flexi disc here. 

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Casket Huffer, Altar of Betelgeuze and Necrowretch. 

Stream Russian funeral doom outfit Funeral Tears‘ third album.

Ain-Soph Aur
Denver doom/sludge duo wax ecstatic, cowboy-style
dB rating: 8/10

Obelyskkh deliver a slab of crushing doom on “Northern Lights.”

Valborg continue to experiment with their brand of progressive death/doom on their new album, Endstrand. 

Black Lion Records have released a number of impressive death, black and doom metal albums recently. Check out some of the best.

“Some Sell Their Souls” comes from Beastwars’ 2016 The Death of All Things. 

Mourners Lament are inspired by and pay homage to classic doom-death bands on We All Be Given. 

Heartless
The power of the urn
dB rating: 9/10

Philly doom lords Crypt Sermon join the Decibel Flexi Series with a stunning reimagining of a black metal classic. Hear – and acquire a copy of it – here. 

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Pallbearer, Ascended Dead and Axebreaker.

Gossamer play an emotionally heavy form of doom metal that uses elements of choral and chamber music to great effect.

Rozamov‘s first full-length album is a progressive yet incredibly heavy slab of doom metal.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Six Feet Under, Xibalba, and King Woman. 

Black metal is doomed. Order a deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, February 27 and get this one-of-a-kind Crypt Sermon flexi featuring an exclusive new recording. 

Horseneck marry sludge and post-hardcore with a host of other sounds to craft their memorable first record, Heavy Trip. 

In the Company of Serpents explore their softer side while also delving deeper into their heavy side on the first single from their full-length. 

Created in the Image of Suffering
Long live the king
dB rating: 8/10

There’s something for everyone on the new Dying Whale album, Last Moments of Misery. 

Frowning perform mournful, crushing funeral doom. “Nocturnal Void” feels like the soundtrack to a funeral procession. 

Egonaut has a new singer and new tunes. 

“Living to Try” appeared on Weltesser‘s 2015 demo, but the album version is brimming with even more sludgy, chunky riffs. 

Soothsayer continues to hone their hulking doom metal on “Of Locust And Moths.”

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