Doom

Prefer your doom nasty and crusty as fuck? Well, you’re gonna absolutely love capital-“C” Cowardice then. (Your level of adoration for lowercase-“c” cowardice, on the other hand, is a personal matter, but do feel free to confide what you feel you must in the comments section below…) The New Jersey quintet’s admirably expansive and unpredictable debut full-length Without Condolence strives, roughly speaking, to bridge the gap between early Paradise Lost, Black Sabbath circa Vol. 4, and latter day Gorguts — a perfect backdrop for vocalist John Jones’ feral blackened death shriek-growl-shriek. 

Occult rockers Albez Duz take us through their album, Wings of Tzinacan, track by track.

Worm Ourboros is embracing a darker side on “(Was It) The Cruelest Thing.” 

Eternal Deformity fuse genres for a unique and challenging listen on No Way Out. 

Soft Tissue, the collaborative album between Lament Cityscape and Theologian, aims to combine the best elements of both bands. “Inevitability” is the first taste of that collaboration.

Be sure to check these sets out when Southwest Terror Fest goes down next weekend.

Writing Path of Eight was a different experience for Mouth of the Architect than previous albums, the band says. Listen to a new song and read an interview with the band about writing and recording the new album. 

Shape of Despair has released the first offering from Alone in the Mist, a collection of demos from the early days of the band. 

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard combine ethereal psychedelic and crushing doom on their latest, Y Proffwyd Dwyll. Stream it now before it hits stores. 

MoRkObOt unleash wordless doom weirdness in this new video for “Ogrog.”

Albez Duz is back and serving up ten minutes of occult doom on “Sacred Flame.”

Doom of the highest caliber, in the live, in its entirety. Before the release date! 

If something smelled like “Sweet Beef” in Philly, it was “Drive Thru Metal” concept band Mac Sabbath.

Stop what you’re doing and listen to the latest song from from Khemmis‘ forthcoming album Hunted. You can thank us later. 

Wretch’s Karl Simon talks about how the band’s debut LP came to be, how his friend and ex-bandmate Jason McCash’s death affected his songwriting process, and his plans for a brand-new chapter in his life.

On Future Echo Returns, Irish cosmonauts Slomatics fuse sci-fi and doom heavier than a dying planet.

Psychedelic Seattle shapeshifters warn of shroom-doom and shapeshifting dolphins in the climax of their phantasy thrashterpiece Hallucinogenesis.

Doom in the here and now.

For Nate Garrett, the healing power of heavy riffs is nothing new. Many know the Arizona-based musician as the guitarist in Gatecreeper and Take Over and Destroy, but 2016 introduces a new chapter in his musical career: the one-man doom project Spirit Adrift. With the release of the band’s debut LP, Chained to Oblivion, a mere week away, we caught up with Garrett to talk about the events that led to its creation.

Boston post-metal explorers SEA explore the murky depths of post-metal on “Stone Ship” before embarking on a European expedition with WeedWolf.

The bizarre (yet justified!) worship of Peavey continues in the latest video clip from doomsters Methra.

Psychedelic doom rockers EERIE are here to prepare you for the zombie apocalypse with “Immortal Rot.”

Christmas (and Cult of Luna) comes early to Europe this year in November.

Hear the first new SubRosa recording in three years. It’s the latest release in the Decibel Flexi Series.

Anti-religion, Drugs, Life, Death. Ain’t no party like a Fistula track debut. 

Meet New England’s Conclave, who probably don’t have a baseball jersey merch design. 

It’s raining threes for French psych doomsters Mars Red Sky.

When I first saw extreme metal Brooklynites Kosmodemonic, they were killing it on a stage Watain doused with pig’s blood soon after.

Equal parts bluesy sludge and trudging grind, Musket Hawk bring the slow despondency necessary on the most hungover of afternoons. 

30 years of epicus doomicus metallicus means new EP(icus).