shoegaze

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.

If you are a fan of any era of Daughters, the Locust or Saetia, it’s time to tune into the powerviolence/screamo/shoegaze hybrid of Waternoose.

Are Myrtle Beach’s Sugar Wounds the world’s first “shoegrind” band? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t listen to their Calico Dreams release right now.

Washington, D.C.’s Bound multi-thread into the darker recesses of the sonic rift on new album, Haunts. New interview with guitarist/vocalist Bryan Buchanan is just the start of our journey together.

Watch Deeper Graves‘ “Last Transmission.”

Watch a psychedelic new video from post-metal trio Sorxe.

Norwegian post-black metal outfit Sylvaine premieres dreamy new album, “Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone,” on Decibel.

Stream the new song from Sun Voyager right now.

Get familiar with independent label Transcending Records.

Stream the epic doom debut from Loviatar now!

Stream a new song from Mindkult‘s Transcending Obscurity debut.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Loss, The Holy Circle, Danzig and Full of Hell. 

Dust Moth premiere a new video and announce a tour with He Whose Ox Is Gored. 

Ulcerate, Whores, Gatecreeper, Full of Hell/Nails, Gendo Ikari and everything else Waldo pecked on in 2016. 

Scale
Rejoice, potential lovers of proper Gothic psychedelic shoegaze lounge metal
dB rating: 8/10

Transience
Quiet bloom of the soul
dB rating: 8/10

All Fours
Screamo’s not a dirty word
dB Rating: 8/10

Check out our exclusive stream below of Toronto psych-metallers Das Rad cleverly embedding a subversive catchiness into the fuzzy, atmospheric doom of “Eye of Baal,” a track off the band’s upcoming debut full-length Radiation. And if you like the Hawkwind-meets-shoegaze-meets-Can vibe, there’s another preview track here.