Doom
Album Premiere: Existence Dysphoria – ‘Minus Negative’
June 29, 2022 Sean Frasier
London sludge trio Existence Dysphoria unveil their crushing debut album Minus Negative. Out July 1st through Sludgelord Records.
Video Premiere: Red Rot – “Dysmorphia”
June 16, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Italy’s Red Rot offer a 90-second (mental) breakdown, from two ex-Ephel Duath members
Album Premiere: Gozer – ‘An Endless Static’
June 15, 2022 Sean Frasier
U.K. post-metal trio Gozer channel catharsis through crushing distortion on their upcoming album, An Endless Static.
Full Album Stream: Consecration – ‘Cinis’
June 14, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
England death doomers Consecration stir the ashes on their new Redefining Darkness full-length.
Track Premiere: Dust Prophet – “When the Axe Falls”
June 8, 2022 Sean Frasier
New Hampshire stoner rockers Dust Prophet swap the bong for the blade in their new single “When the Axe Falls.”
Full Album Premeire: Magnatar – ‘Crushed’
May 31, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
The new Magnatar record, Crushed, is out June 3 via Seeing Red Records, and you get the first taste of the doomy goodness right here with us.
Full Album Stream: Peth – ‘Merchant of Death’
May 24, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Texas occult/doom throwbacks Peth keep it weird on their debut album Merchant of Death.
Video Premiere: Orthodox – ‘Rabid God’
May 23, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Spanish avant-garde doom/drone experimentalists Orthodox are stoked to be back to their original lineup and share the latest track from their new album Proceed, “Rabid God,” along with this trippy visualizer.
Opeth, Darkthrone, Paradise Lost Members Reflect on CANDLEMASS’s ‘Epicus Doomicus Metallicus’
May 23, 2022 Chris Dick
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.
Video Premiere: Hush – “There Can Be No Forgiveness Without the Shedding of Blood”
May 19, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hush‘s noisy, sludgy post-metal horror-show provides the appropriate soundtrack for the bleakness of their new video
Album Premiere: MNRVA – ‘Hollow’
May 18, 2022 Sean Frasier
South Carolina sludge trio MNRVA summon black skies with their doomy debut LP, Hollow. Live deliciously and listen early.
Album Premiere: Pyreship – ‘Light is a Barrier’
April 20, 2022 Sean Frasier
Texan post-metal sludgelords Pyreship traverse doomed skies on their stunning sophomore LP, Light is a Barrier.
Full Album Stream: Cultic – “Of Fire and Sorcery”
April 18, 2022 Vince Bellino
Cultic guide the listener to a realm of fantasy via dungeon synth and death/doom.
Track Premiere: Museum of Light – “Soft Openings”
April 7, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
If you’re looking for a soft, introspective lunch break soundtrack that still delivers doomy riffs, “Soft Openings” from the upcoming Museum of Light LP Horizon is four minutes of bliss.
Album Premiere: Weedevil – ‘The Return’
April 6, 2022 Sean Frasier
Brazilian stoner sect Weedevil exhale their debut LP of bongripping riffs and ferocious fuzz, The Return.
Watch: CANDLEMASS Frontman Johan Längqvist Talks ‘Epicus Doomicus Metallicus’ Anniversary Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
April 5, 2022 Albert Mudrian
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.
Grim Reefer Fest Smokes Up Baltimore on April 16th
March 30, 2022 Sean Frasier
Grim Reefer Fest celebrates riffs and spliffs with a nine-band lineup of stoned heaviness on April 16th in Baltimore, MD.
Track Premiere: I Klatus – “Solstice of Wind”
March 24, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Chicago experimental doom trio, I Klatus tap into a dark Cascadian vibe on their fourth full-length.
Track Premiere: Assumption – “Submerged by Hadean Tides”
March 23, 2022 Sean Frasier
Italian death/doom cosmonauts Assumption release their upcoming LP’s stellar first single, “Submerged by Hadean Tides.”
Video Premiere: Abhorrent Expanse – ‘Frost Suffocation’
March 16, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
We’re halfway through the week, and to get us the rest of the way there, Abhorrent Expanse are blessing (or damning) us with their latest video, “Frost Suffocation.”
Track Premiere: Come to Grief – ‘Life’s Curse’
March 8, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear doom heavyweights Come to Grief unleash the first single form their debut full-length album, When the World Dies, out May 20, via Translation Loss.
Video Premiere: Ritual Earth – “Free From My Vessel”
February 8, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Philly psych doom quartet Ritual Earth channel some serious early ’90s Seattle and Kyuss vibes on this drop-tuned grinder.
Video Premiere: Sum of R – “Crown of Diseased”
February 7, 2022 Brad Sanders
Watch the first video and single from Sum of R‘s harrowingly heavy and delicately beautiful new LP Lahbryce.
Exclusive Track Premiere: Dawnrider – “The Final Call”
February 3, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Portuguese vets Dawnrider channel a classic doom vibe on this bleak new track from their fourth album.
Track Premiere: MWWB – “The Harvest”
January 19, 2022 Sean Frasier
MWWB (formerly Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard) return with the title track of their upcoming LP of cosmic psychedelic doom, “The Harvest.”
Full Album Stream: Chilean Sludge/Stoner/Doom Crushers Ocultum Scrape Off the Residue
January 13, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the latest album from Chilean stoner/doom body breakers Ocultum!
Track Premiere: Bayht Lahm – “Valientes Sin Armas, Sociedad Sin Miedo”
December 15, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear New Jersey blasters Bayt Lahm debut a new single addressing political unrest in Colombia.
Full Album Stream: Satanico Pandemonium – “Espectrofilia”
December 7, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Mexico City marijuaneros Satanico Pandemonium take us on a dark trip into the spirit world on their latest release.
Video Premiere: QAALM – “Existence Asunder”
December 1, 2021 Sean Frasier
Los Angeles funeral sludge newcomers QAALM release a video for their crushing first single, Existence Asunder. Debut album coming March 2022.
Track Premiere: Anatomy of Habit – “Your Pure Breath”
November 30, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Bang a gong, get it on with an epic track from Chicago’s doomy, atmospheric post-punk collective, Anatomy of Habit.