Sludge Metal

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!

Get lost in the “Mist” with Adrift.

Hear the first new Cable song in a decade now.

New York sludge crew False Gods stream their third EP.

Watch a new video from Moros.

Lord Dying go full progressive.

Misanthropy is all the rage on Paralysis of Reason.

Mourn unleash their sludgy new opus, Beneath the Beloved Axe.

Call of the Void are back.

Hear a new song from death sludge crusher Leather Glove.

Thra’s “Gardens of Rot” is death-laden sludge metal done right: excellent riffs, crushing beats and blistering vocals. Check out our Q&A and stream the album in its entirety!

Mastodon will honor late manager Nick John with a rendition of “Stairway to Heaven” on wax.

Stream the new album from New Orleans sludge trio Romasa.

UK sludge/post-black quartet Conjurer discuss Mire and their upcoming tour with Rivers of Nihil, Entheos and Wolf King.

Primitive Man and Hell unleash the heaviest, darkest split of the year.

Watch a new video from Norwegian rockers Orbiter.