Doom
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.
Album Premiere: Swamp Coffin – ‘Noose Almighty’
November 24, 2021 Sean Frasier
UK executioners Swamp Coffin pair NOLA sludge noise with doom and hardcore on their debut LP, Noose Almighty.
Track Premiere: In Loving Memory – “Sun of Ebony”
November 10, 2021 Sean Frasier
Spanish melodic doom/death quartet In Loving Memory mourn the human race in their apocalyptic eulogy, “Sun of Ebony.”
Doom Wizards KHEMMIS Make Their Decibel Magazine Cover Debut! Available NOW!
October 22, 2021 Decibel Magazine
We have a limited number of advance copies of the December issue of Decibel, featuring our exclusive new flexi disc single from grinding black crust trio Gravesend available NOW!
Album Premiere: Scarecrow – ‘ Scarecrow II’
October 21, 2021 Greg Pratt
Check out a full stream of Russian retro/throwback-doom rockers Scarecrow‘s new album, Scarecrow II, which drops tomorrow.
Album Premiere: Worm – “Foreverglade”
October 19, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Doomed death dealers Worm emerge from Florida mire with rot-infested third album, Foreverglade, on 20 Buck Spin.
Track Premiere: Domkraft – “Night Prowler”
October 14, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Sweden’s Domkraft don’t beat around the bush with their slow-grinding version of AC/DC’s “Night Prowler.”
Full Album Stream: Grizzlor — “Hammer of Life”
September 29, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Doom-y noise rockers Grizzlor are here to drop the hammer (of life) straight down on your unsuspecting noggin.
KHEMMIS Return to the Decibel Flexi Series With an Exclusive Song and Picture Disc!
September 3, 2021 Decibel Magazine
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.
Fight Fire With Fire: ‘Vincebus Eruptum’ vs. ‘Population II’
August 26, 2021 Greg Pratt
For this Fight Fire With Fire installment, we go proto-metal and pit Blue Cheer and their 1968 debut Vincebus Eruptum, against the more obscure Randy Holden and his Population II.
Full Album Stream: Bottomless – Bottomless
July 14, 2021 Cody Davis
Hear Italy’s Bottomless dive deep for low-end on their self-titled debut album.
Track Premiere: Planet of the Dead – “Pilgrim”
July 14, 2021 Sean Frasier
Blast into the deep cosmos with New Zealand stoner doom space travelers Planet of the Dead on their Kurt Vonnegut inspired single, “Pilgrim.”
Track Premiere: Empress – “Libations”
June 16, 2021 Sean Frasier
Vancouver post-metal project Empress raise a chalice to lost loved ones on their evocative doom single, “Libations.”
Album Premiere: Void Tripper – ‘Dopefiend’
June 9, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brazilian stoner sludge degenerates Void Tripper lure doom devotees with promises of Satan and drugs on their debut LP, Dopefiend.
Track Premiere: 71TonMan – ‘War is Peace’
May 26, 2021 Emily Bellino
71TonMan spread their message through amp-shaking doom.
Track Premiere: Heavy Temple – “A Desert Through the Trees”
May 18, 2021 Cody Davis
Philadelphia’s Heavy Temple — at long last — makes their triumphant full-length debut this year. If their future is anything like their newest single, “A Desert Through the Trees,” the sky isn’t even the limit for what’s to come.
Demo:listen: The Watcher
April 9, 2021 Dutch Pearce
New England trio The Watcher cast irrefutable doom on their debut Your Turn to Die.
Video Premiere: Kosmodemonic – “Moirai”
April 8, 2021 J. Andrew
Kosmodemonic has arrived with a new video from their latest album, Liminal Light, due out on May 7 via Transylvanian Recordings.
Track Premiere: Dead Witches – “D.I.E. (Dragged Into Emptiness)”
April 1, 2021 Cody Davis
Dead Witches — the brainchild of former Electric Wizard drummer Mark Greening — brings towering, fuzzed riffs and glacially-paced occult doom.
Paradise Lost’s “Gothic” Turns 30! Celebrate With Our Classic Hall of Fame Story
March 19, 2021 Decibel Magazine
On the 30th anniversary of Paradise Lost‘s death/doom landmark Gothic LP, we unearth our long lost
Album Premiere: Amammoth – ‘The Fire Above’
March 17, 2021 Sean Frasier
Australian doom trio Amammoth light prehistoric joints from a stoner/sludge bonfire on their debut LP, The Fire Above.
Track Premiere: Abigorum – “Der geheimnisvolle Käfig”
March 3, 2021 Sean Frasier
Epic blackened doom wraithbringers Abigorum open hell’s gates with the lyric video for their new track, “Der geheimnisvolle Käfig.”
Track Premiere and Interview: Oryx – “Misery”
February 11, 2021 Sean Frasier
Downtuned Denver sludge trio Oryx cast shadows and break bones with their new sledgehammer of a single, “Misery.”
Album Premiere: Greylock and BEDTIMEMAGIC – ‘Split’
February 10, 2021 Sean Frasier
Boston comrades Greylock and BEDTIMEMAGIC join forces for a split album of sludgy bedlam from Tor Johnson Records.
Album Premiere: Morpholith – ‘Null Dimensions’
December 2, 2020 Sean Frasier
Icelandic voidwalkers Morpholith teleport listeners with the cosmic doom of their Null Dimensions sophomore EP.
Track Premiere: Shepherd – “Persephone”
November 9, 2020 Sean Frasier
Denver doom rockers Shepherd release their sullen single “Persephone.” Bundle up for winter’s sullen reign before their debut’s November 20th release.
Album Premiere: Possessor – ‘Damn the Light’
October 28, 2020 Sean Frasier
UK horror fiends Possessor wield a mighty sludgehammer on their new monster-conjuring LP, Damn the Light.
Album Premiere: Junior Bruce – ‘Pray for Death’
October 21, 2020 Sean Frasier
Floridian sludgelords Junior Bruce return to prove they’re the headless kings of swamp metal with their Pray for Death LP.
Album Premiere: False Gods – No Symmetry … Only Disillusion
October 14, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Thou shall bear witness to New York’s False Gods singular debut full-length. Hear No Symmetry … Only Disillusion in its entirety right here.
