Sludge
Full Album Stream: Hexjakt –Blessing of the Damned
November 26, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish trio Hexjakt rumble through a dank, depressive doomscape on their new full-length, Blessing of the Damned.
Full Album Stream: Vandampire –Hope Scars
October 27, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
UK post-metal doom crafters Vandampire don’t suck (blood or otherwise) on debut full-length, Hope Scars.
Video Premiere: Dawn Fades – “Drugs”
October 24, 2025 J. Andrew
It’s the spookiest time of year, and Dawn Fades has a new video that’s tailor-made for fans of all things horror!
Full Album Stream: Karate Steve –Time Under Tension
October 20, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Beantown bashers Karate Steve lay down some black belt-quality hardcore sludge on third full-length Time Under Tension.
Full Album Stream: Modder –Destroying Ourselves for a Place in the Sun
October 1, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Belgian instrumental psych-doom-sludge crushers Modder find their place in the sun the hard way on their new Consouling Sounds full-length.
Track Premiere: Sunburster – ‘Jinn’
August 28, 2025 Emily Bellino
After more than a decade, Philly sludge regulars Sunburster have their debut album on the way and you can hear the first track now.
Video Premiere: Cosmic Reaper – “Bones”
August 27, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Sludgy North Carolinians Cosmic Reaper fire up some “Bones” in their latest video from new album Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned.
Track Premiere: Whitehorse – “The Wait”
July 7, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Aussie drone demons Whitehorse offer up a new track, “The Wait,” from their sludge match split, The Dissolution of Eternity, with UBOA.
Video Premiere: In the Company of Serpents – “A Patchwork Art”
June 23, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Denver sludge trio In the Company of Serpents rip it up on new track, “A Patchwork Art.”
Track Premiere: Ba’al – “Well of Sorrows”
June 4, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear English post-black metal malcontents Ba’al drink deeply from the “Well of Sorrows” on their latest 11-minute single.
Full Album Stream: Veljet —Demiurgo
May 21, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
The price of Mexican psych doom remains unchanged, so check out the new full-length, Demiurgo, from sludgy trio Veljet.
Full Album Stream: Grave Speaker –Rays of the Emerald Sun
May 14, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Deep-sixed doom slayer Grave Speaker is not just a tokin’ stoner psych band. It’s the solo side project of High ’n Heavy guitarist John Steele.
Full Album Stream: Meatwound –Macho
May 7, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Florida hardcore noise scrape menacers Meatwound offer up their bloody good fourth long-player, Macho.
Full Album Stream: Tenebrae –Los Dioses Ausentes
April 23, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Mexican blackened doom dealers Tenebrae make their burnt offerings to the forgotten gods on new debut, Los Dioses Ausentes.
Track Premiere: Clamfight – ‘Clamfight’
April 21, 2025 Emily Bellino
Clamfight premiere new single “Clamfight,” from the album Clamfight.
Video Premiere: Moontemple – “Horus”
April 7, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Ohio stoner doom stalwarts Moontemple honor Egyptian god “Horus” in their new beard-forward video.
-(16)- Premiere Exclusive New Song, “Idol of Abuse,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
April 2, 2025 Decibel Magazine
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: Kiritsis – “Kiritsis”
March 31, 2025 Emily Bellino
Indy sludge outfit Kiritsis share their debut album.
Album Premiere: Calyces – “Fleshy Waves of Probability”
March 20, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Athenian progressive metalers Calyces share their new album, Fleshy Waves of Probability, out on March 21. It’s a mix of ’00s sludge prog metal with ’70s progressive rock influences, and you can hear it below.
Full Album Stream: Amammoth – “Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies”
March 17, 2025 Emily Bellino
Australian stoner/doom crew Amammoth debut their new record.
Full Album Stream: Oculto –Mal de Ojo
March 5, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
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 Decibel Magazine
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 J. Bennett
Sludge psych legends Kylesa reveal new lineup, announces a pair of U.S. shows scheduled for this December
Track Premiere: Moros – “Peeling Off Leeches”
February 12, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Philly death doom trio Moros let the blood run red on new track, “Peeling Off Leeches.”
Video Premiere: Pyres – ‘Some, Not All, Came Back’
February 10, 2025 Emily Bellino
Pyres overcome grief on new song “Some, Not All, Came Back.”
Track Premiere: Kazea – “Trenches”
February 5, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Sludgy Swedish post-metal trio Kazea chill out on frigid new single “Trenches,” featuring guest vocals from Black Birch’s Gina Wiklund.
Full EP Stream: Dejecter – “Oblation Husk”
January 30, 2025 J. Andrew
Regardless of how you classify Dejecter, the band plays a fascinating mix of straightforward brutality and risk-taking creativity.
Listen: Sunrot Release New EP, “Passages”
January 27, 2025 Emily Bellino
Listen to the new EP from New Jersey sludge mainstays Sunrot.
Track Premiere: Guts Club – “Remember the Mountains”
January 20, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the mournful new elegy from New Orleans experimental doomgazers, Guts Club, “Remember the Mountains.”
Video Premiere: Pants Exploder – “Last Thing He Did Was Lose”
January 15, 2025 Tim Mudd
Brooklyn sludge titans Pants Exploder return with a bone-crushing new track and video, “Last Thing He Did Was Lose.”
