Doom

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.

Track Premiere: SweetBeast – “Dream Eater”

November 28, 2024

Canadian stoner rockers SweetBeast are stoked to share “Dream Eater,” a track from their forthcoming record Illusions, out this February. Hear it with us first.

Q&A: Laura Bates (Völur) on Her Struggles With Housing Instability

November 18, 2024

Accomplished violinist Laura Bates (Völur) has a steady income, however, her landlord is trying to evict her. She discuses the unchecked power of landlords and housing instability.

Sunrot and Body Void Announce Split for Trans Day of Remembrance

October 15, 2024

New Jersey’s own Sunrot have teamed up with New England bruisers Body Void to release a special split EP for 2024’s Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20.

Vanishing Kids Unveil Haunting Visuals in New Video for “Demon Glove”

October 9, 2024

Wisconsin-based dream doom and gothic psych-rock innovators Vanishing Kids release a captivating new video for their single “Demon Glove.”

Full Album Stream: Mammoth Caravan’s ‘Frostbitten Galaxy’

October 2, 2024

Stream Arkansas sludge/doom crushers Mammoth Caravan‘s new LP Frostbitten Galaxy before it’s out via Blade Setter on October 4.

Track Premiere: Sister Thieves – “Human”

September 26, 2024

Sister Thieves return with a new single, “Human,” from their forthcoming album CRAWL, out October 25.

Track Premiere: Ploughshare – “Fall of All Creatures”

September 18, 2024

Aussie avant black/death metal fiends Ploughshare offer up nine minutes of well-constructed cacophony on new single, “Fall of All Creatures.”

Scoot Von Stickleback (Doom, Extinction of Mankind) Talks Four Decades of Punk and Metal that Lead to His New Band RETSU

August 23, 2024

Decibel favorite Scoot discusses is new band Retsu and the U.K. underground hero’s never-ending enthusiasm for noisy hardcore punk.

Video Premiere: Insurrection – “The Gathering”

August 22, 2024

Quebec death metallers Insurrection just dropped a video for “The Gathering,” the first banger from their upcoming album Obsolescence, out September 13. Hear it here!

Interview: Absorb Keep it Abysmal on New EP ‘Smog’

July 29, 2024

Hamilton, Ontario’s death/doom outfit Absorb on death, doom and promise of new material so soon after the release of their crushing new EP, Smog.

Album Premiere: Horseburner – ‘Voice of Storms’

June 19, 2024

Intense storytelling, technical prowess, and sheer energy are the hallmarks of Horseburner. Hear the sludge, doom and progressive metal of Voice of Storms.

Album Premiere: Red Rot – “Borders of Mania”

May 9, 2024

Red Rot, the project of Luciano Lorusso George and Davide Tiso, formerly of Ephel Duath, present their sophomore record, Borders of Mania, a day before it releases to the world via Hammerheart Records.

Album Premiere: To End It All – “Of Blood And Memory”

April 18, 2024

Seattle-based doom lords To End It All are back with a new album, Of Blood and Memory out tomorrow (April 19), but you can hear it and get super sad with us now.