Sludge Metal
Track Premiere: When the Deadbolt Breaks – ‘Burning Zozobra’
June 16, 2025 Emily Bellino
Avant-sludge outfit When the Deadbolt Breaks celebrate their 20th anniversary by getting weird.
Track Premiere: Faetooth – “Death of Day”
April 18, 2025 J. Andrew
Check out the new song from LA’s Faetooth and immerse yourself in the blend of doom, sludge and shoegaze they call “fairy doom.”
MANTAR Stream Exclusive New Track, “Bitter Cum Symphony,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
February 17, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from international sludge rock duo Mantar before the discs are sold out for good!
MANTAR to Release Exclusive New Track, “Bitter Cum Symphony,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
December 19, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Tuesday, December 31 at noon ET to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from international sludge slingers Mantar!
Album Premiere: Quiet Earth – “Lifetime in Regression”
October 17, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear self-described “beer-induced headache” Quiet Earth drop their first full-length, Lifetime in Regression, on Ancient Temple Recordings October 18.
Track Premiere: Fórn – ‘Soul Shadow’
September 5, 2024 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from funeral sludge practitioners Fórn.
Track Premiere: Oryx – ‘Myopic’
August 27, 2024 Emily Bellino
Denver death-sludge trio Oryx return with the first single from new album Primordial Sky.
Track Premiere: Rot Coven – ‘Inverted Chasm’
July 18, 2024 Emily Bellino
Rot Coven push death-sludge to its extreme on this excerpt from their new album.
Track Premiere: Black Tusk – “Breath of Life”
April 8, 2024 J. Andrew
Check out Black Tusk‘s pounding new single, “Breath of Life,” from their upcoming seventh album, The Way Forward.
Video Premiere: Semuta – ‘Glacial Erratic’
March 28, 2024 Emily Bellino
Portland sludge duo Semuta party with the Portland metal scene in their new video.
Full Album Stream: Mastiff – “Deprecipice”
March 21, 2024 Emily Bellino
Stream Deprecipice, the new album from UK sludge/metallic hardcore band Mastiff and read a lengthy interview with guitarist and vocalist James Lee Ross.
Video Premiere: Clarion Void – “The Top”
January 4, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Colorado Springs quartet Clarion Void sling some gnarly post-metal sludge in surreal new video for “The Top.”
Track Premiere: Caged – ‘The Messiah Draws Near’
August 21, 2023 Emily Bellino
“The Messiah Draws Near,” as does a new album from Philadelphia sludge purveyors Caged.
Full Album Stream: FLO – “Long Way Down”
August 14, 2023 J. Andrew
Hear former Death and Massacre guitarist Rick Rozz throw back to the early 90s sound of… grunge with FLO.
Video Premiere: Iron Altar – “Megalith”
June 30, 2023 J. Andrew
Who’s deadly, sludgy, catchy and has a new video to show the world? Iron Altar does, exclusively at Decibel!
Full Album Stream: Dirge – ‘Dirge
March 6, 2023 Emily Bellino
Mumbai’s Dirge stream their sophomore album ahead of its release.
Full Album Stream: Northless – “A Path Beyond Grief”
July 20, 2022 Emily Bellino
Northless search for A Path Beyond Grief on their new album.
Track Premiere: Pyrithe – ‘Ekphrastik I’
April 5, 2022 Emily Bellino
Sludge trio Pyrithe show off their melodic side.
Video Premiere: Montezuma’s Revenge – ‘Soyux-111 (Terrore Su Venere)’
July 26, 2021 Emily Bellino
Watch the video for “Soyux-111 (Terrore Su Venere)” from Russian stoner metal quartet Montezuma’s Revenge.
Full Album Stream: Olde – “Pilgrimage”
March 16, 2021 Emily Bellino
Stream the moving new album from sludge purveyors Olde.
Track Premiere: Black Sheep Wall – “New Measures of Failure”
January 21, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear a new 13-minute epic from reactivated post-sludge crushers Black Sheep Wall.
Video Premiere: Witching – ‘Eschaton’
December 14, 2020 Emily Bellino
Watch an artsy new video from blackened sludge unit Witching.
Listen: Sumac Release Release Massive New Song, “Two Beasts”
December 7, 2020 Emily Bellino
Post-metal gods Sumac return with a surprise drop.
Track Premiere: Bather – “Her Black Wings” (Danzig Cover)
October 1, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Ohio death dealers Bather shower you with the sweet sounds of a Danzig classic.
Track Premiere: Yatra – ‘All is Lost’
August 20, 2020 Emily Bellino
“All is Lost,” except for this new Yatra track.
Video Premiere: ZYCLOPS – “Ghost”
July 30, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Watch the debut video from Texas sludgelords ZYCLOPS.
Video Premiere: Beggar – ‘Black Cloud’
January 27, 2020 Emily Bellino
Prepare your ears: Beggar are the heaviest stoner band you’ve ever heard.
Track Premiere: Immiseration – ‘Alienation of Humanity’
January 23, 2020 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from rising Baltimore death dealers Immiseration.
Track Premiere: Fister – ‘Too Old, Too Cold’ (Darkthrone Cover)
September 19, 2019 Emily Bellino
Fister offer a bleak take on Darkthrone’s “Too Old, Too Cold.”
Full Album Stream: Leather Lung — “Lonesome, On’ry and Evil”
August 21, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Hey, Leather Lung put a little rock n’ roll swagger and outlaw country sneer in its sludge metal for you! How thoughtful!