Doom

Stream the entirety of Plastic Surgery by Heavy Traffic.

Trevor William Church of doom rockers Beastmaker talks touring, bad omens, and Vincent Price.

We asked doom-mentor Dorrian about how their contribution came about.  Here’s what he said.

Philly doom conjurers Heavy Temple worship at The Dark Tower on psychedelic eye-opener Chassit.

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

Former Cathedral, Electric Wizard and Bolt Thrower members join forces and record new With the Dead track for the Decibel Flexi Series.

DREAM BLOODY GORE shares twisted nightmares, dreams, and hallucinations from members of Gruesome, SubRosa, and Dreaming Dead.

“‘Don’t Walk These Streets’ was really written as a reaction to feeling absolutely alienated and set adrift in the surreal manifestation of the American Dream that is L.A,” Kevin Martin says. “It’s a smacked out jazz, fuzzed up trip, into a social void, that I wrote after realizing there is zero safety net in the States for anyone that falls off the gravy train. And as a pedestrian walking a lot around the city in my stay during the recording of Concrete Desert, I attempted to conjure the feeling of sheer dread that I felt wandering across the Hollyweird landscape.”

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

UK misery conduits Grim Ravine bring the doom and the sludge on The Light is From Below.

Bleak, noisy doom is what to expect from Unearthly Trance‘s latest single, “Scythe.”

We checked in with two guitarists (Hamish Glencross and Andrew Craighan) and let them gush praise about one of their favorite bands.

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

Egonaut has a new singer and new tunes. 

Swedish doom trio Laser Dracul are the children of the night, and the music they make is LOUD.

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

Condenados comes armed with traditional doom and a creepy music video.

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.