Sludge Metal

Track Premiere: When the Deadbolt Breaks – ‘Burning Zozobra’

June 16, 2025

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

Track Premiere: Faetooth – “Death of Day”

April 18, 2025

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

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

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

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

Stream a new song from funeral sludge practitioners Fórn.

Track Premiere: Oryx – ‘Myopic’

August 27, 2024

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

Track Premiere: Rot Coven – ‘Inverted Chasm’

July 18, 2024

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

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

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

Full Album Stream: Mastiff – “Deprecipice”

March 21, 2024

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

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

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

Full Album Stream: FLO – “Long Way Down”

August 14, 2023

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

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

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

Video Premiere: Montezuma’s Revenge – ‘Soyux-111 (Terrore Su Venere)’

July 26, 2021

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

Video Premiere: ZYCLOPS – “Ghost”

July 30, 2020

Watch the debut video from Texas sludgelords ZYCLOPS.

Video Premiere: Beggar – ‘Black Cloud’

January 27, 2020

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

Full Album Stream: Leather Lung — “Lonesome, On’ry and Evil”

August 21, 2019

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