Sludge

Video Premiere: Irreversible – “Thoth”/”Esus”

February 9, 2026

Sludgy Atlanta post-metal makers Irreversible return from 11-year absence with two-track crusher, Vessel.

Video Premiere: Belonging – “The Dog”

January 21, 2026

Portland post-metal sludge trio Belonging ‘s bark is worse than its bite on new track “The Dog.”

Track Premiere: Clouds Taste Satanic – “Beast From the Sea”

January 5, 2026

Instru-metal doom stalwarts Clouds Taste Satanic get live’r than you’ll ever be on new track, “Beast From the Sea” recorded live in the studio in Berlin in 2023.

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.