Sludge Metal

Avant-sludge outfit When the Deadbolt Breaks celebrate their 20th anniversary by getting weird.

Check out the new song from LA’s Faetooth and immerse yourself in the blend of doom, sludge and shoegaze they call “fairy doom.”

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from international sludge rock duo Mantar before the discs are sold out for good!

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Tuesday, December 31 at noon ET to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from international sludge slingers Mantar!

Hear self-described “beer-induced headache” Quiet Earth drop their first full-length, Lifetime in Regression, on Ancient Temple Recordings October 18.

Stream a new song from funeral sludge practitioners Fórn.

Denver death-sludge trio Oryx return with the first single from new album Primordial Sky.

Rot Coven push death-sludge to its extreme on this excerpt from their new album.

Check out Black Tusk‘s pounding new single, “Breath of Life,” from their upcoming seventh album, The Way Forward.

Portland sludge duo Semuta party with the Portland metal scene in their new video.

Stream Deprecipice, the new album from UK sludge/metallic hardcore band Mastiff and read a lengthy interview with guitarist and vocalist James Lee Ross.

Colorado Springs quartet Clarion Void sling some gnarly post-metal sludge in surreal new video for “The Top.”

“The Messiah Draws Near,” as does a new album from Philadelphia sludge purveyors Caged.

Hear former Death and Massacre guitarist Rick Rozz throw back to the early 90s sound of… grunge with FLO.

Who’s deadly, sludgy, catchy and has a new video to show the world? Iron Altar does, exclusively at Decibel!

Mumbai’s Dirge stream their sophomore album ahead of its release.

Northless search for A Path Beyond Grief on their new album.

Sludge trio Pyrithe show off their melodic side.

Watch the video for “Soyux-111 (Terrore Su Venere)” from Russian stoner metal quartet Montezuma’s Revenge.

Stream the moving new album from sludge purveyors Olde.

Hear a new 13-minute epic from reactivated post-sludge crushers Black Sheep Wall.

Watch an artsy new video from blackened sludge unit Witching.

Post-metal gods Sumac return with a surprise drop.

Ohio death dealers Bather shower you with the sweet sounds of a Danzig classic.

“All is Lost,” except for this new Yatra track.

Watch the debut video from Texas sludgelords ZYCLOPS.

Prepare your ears: Beggar are the heaviest stoner band you’ve ever heard.

Stream a new song from rising Baltimore death dealers Immiseration.

Fister offer a bleak take on Darkthrone’s “Too Old, Too Cold.”

Hey, Leather Lung put a little rock n’ roll swagger and outlaw country sneer in its sludge metal for you! How thoughtful!