Sludge Metal

Get the latest details on Pittsburgh’s upcoming doom, sludge and heavy metal festival, aptly titled Descendants Of Crom, from this interview with festival organizer, Shy Kennedy.

Stream a bleak new song from Portland’s Usnea now.

Get to know independent label Battleground Records, headed by Godhunter‘s David Rodgers.

The Ditch and the Delta attracted the attention of Prosthetic Records, who will be re-issuing the band’s debut LP, Hives in Decline.

Seattle doomsayers and recent Good to Die Records signees Old Iron bring the low end on their latest effort, Lupus Metallorum.

Stream a new track from Omatai .

Stream the new album from experimental doom outfit Dead Woman’s Ditch.

Watch the video for “The Ice Lord” by Firebreather now!

Stream the new album from Atonement Theory, featuring Harm’s Way’s Jay Jancetic.

Stream the entirety of UK doom outfit Poseidon‘s epic debut album, Prologue. 

Watch the video for Godhunter‘s cover of Tegan and Sara’s “Walking With a Ghost” now. 

Stream a new track from Pelican/5ive offshoot, INTRCPTR. 

Converge, Godflesh, Neurosis and more have immortalized their Roadburn performances as live albums.

Stream a new track from Indian sludge outfit Shepherd. 

Experience catharsis with sludge experimentalists God Root.

Read about the making of Crowbar‘s Odd Fellows Rest in the latest issue of Decibel. 

Stream “Sins of God,” the bleak, crushing new song from Livid. 

Get to know groove metal outfit Mind Power, featuring ex-members of A Life Once Lost, Dead End Path and more.

Stream an epic 18 minute song from the Wovoka/LLNN split. 

Listen to “Until the Earth is Empty” from Bison‘s You Are Not the Ocean You Are the Patient. 

Timeworn are aggressive as they are atmospheric on new song “Night of Owls.”

Season of Arrows debut the music video for “The Bridge,” off sophomore effort Give It to the Mountain. 

Godhunter bring the sludge while collecting donations for Planned Parenthood.

Obelyskkh deliver a slab of crushing doom on “Northern Lights.”

The Ditch And The Delta hit you with a slow, sludgy outburst.

“Some Sell Their Souls” comes from Beastwars’ 2016 The Death of All Things. 

We’ve got an extra extremely extreme contest alert for you: win a free pair of tickets to Berserker IV in Pontiac, Michigan, with heavy hitters like GWAR, Eyehategod, and OFF!

Stoner/sludge punks Connoisseur show off what they do “All Day Every Day” in a new, 4/20 friendly video.

Rozamov‘s first full-length album is a progressive yet incredibly heavy slab of doom metal.

Jagged Vision punish the listener with thick riffs and aggressive delivery on “Euthanasia.”