Sludge

Full Album Stream: Hexjakt –Blessing of the Damned

November 26, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aussie drone demons Whitehorse offer up a new track, “The Wait,” from their sludge match split, The Dissolution of Eternity, with UBOA.

Track Premiere: Ba’al – “Well of Sorrows”

June 4, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

Clamfight premiere new single “Clamfight,” from the album Clamfight.

Video Premiere: Moontemple – “Horus”

April 7, 2025

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

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from San Diego sludge-slingers -(16)- before the discs are sold out for good!

Album Premiere: Calyces – “Fleshy Waves of Probability”

March 20, 2025

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: Oculto –Mal de Ojo

March 5, 2025

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

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

Sludge psych legends Kylesa reveal new lineup, announces a pair of U.S. shows scheduled for this December

Video Premiere: Pyres – ‘Some, Not All, Came Back’

February 10, 2025

Pyres overcome grief on new song “Some, Not All, Came Back.”

Track Premiere: Kazea – “Trenches”

February 5, 2025

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

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

Listen to the new EP from New Jersey sludge mainstays Sunrot.

Track Premiere: Guts Club – “Remember the Mountains”

January 20, 2025

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

Brooklyn sludge titans Pants Exploder return with a bone-crushing new track and video, “Last Thing He Did Was Lose.”