Sludge

Album Premiere: Calyces – “Fleshy Waves of Probability”

March 20, 2025

Athenian progressive metalers Calyces share their new album, Fleshy Waves of Probability, out on March 21. It’s a mix of ’00s sludge prog metal with ’70s progressive rock influences, and you can hear it below.

Full Album Stream: Oculto –Mal de Ojo

March 5, 2025

Low-and-slow Mexico City sludge duo Oculto are back with another psyched-out full-length vinyl LP, Mal de Ojo, exclusively on Things From Beyond Records.

-(16)- to Release Exclusive New Recording, “Idol of Abuse,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

February 27, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, March 3 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from San Diego sludge slingers -(16)-!

KYLESA Reveal New Lineup, Announce First U.S. Show Dates

February 18, 2025

Sludge psych legends Kylesa reveal new lineup, announces a pair of U.S. shows scheduled for this December

Video Premiere: Pyres – ‘Some, Not All, Came Back’

February 10, 2025

Pyres overcome grief on new song “Some, Not All, Came Back.”

Track Premiere: Kazea – “Trenches”

February 5, 2025

Sludgy Swedish post-metal trio Kazea chill out on frigid new single “Trenches,” featuring guest vocals from Black Birch’s Gina Wiklund.

Full EP Stream: Dejecter – “Oblation Husk”

January 30, 2025

Regardless of how you classify Dejecter, the band plays a fascinating mix of straightforward brutality and risk-taking creativity.

Listen: Sunrot Release New EP, “Passages”

January 27, 2025

Listen to the new EP from New Jersey sludge mainstays Sunrot.

Track Premiere: Guts Club – “Remember the Mountains”

January 20, 2025

Hear the mournful new elegy from New Orleans experimental doomgazers, Guts Club, “Remember the Mountains.”

Video Premiere: Pants Exploder – “Last Thing He Did Was Lose”

January 15, 2025

Brooklyn sludge titans Pants Exploder return with a bone-crushing new track and video, “Last Thing He Did Was Lose.”

Sunrot and Body Void Announce Split for Trans Day of Remembrance

October 15, 2024

New Jersey’s own Sunrot have teamed up with New England bruisers Body Void to release a special split EP for 2024’s Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20.

Full Album Stream: Mammoth Caravan’s ‘Frostbitten Galaxy’

October 2, 2024

Stream Arkansas sludge/doom crushers Mammoth Caravan‘s new LP Frostbitten Galaxy before it’s out via Blade Setter on October 4.

Interview: Absorb Keep it Abysmal on New EP ‘Smog’

July 29, 2024

Hamilton, Ontario’s death/doom outfit Absorb on death, doom and promise of new material so soon after the release of their crushing new EP, Smog.

EP Premiere: Diploid – ‘MANTRA’

July 1, 2024

Spend 10 minutes with Australian grind/noise force Diploid. And then spend the next hour catching your breath.

Track Premiere: Generation of Vipers – ‘Lux Inversion’

June 25, 2024

Generation of Vipers are back with their first new music in a decade. Dig in to first single “Lux Inversion” now.

Album Premiere: Horseburner – ‘Voice of Storms’

June 19, 2024

Intense storytelling, technical prowess, and sheer energy are the hallmarks of Horseburner. Hear the sludge, doom and progressive metal of Voice of Storms.

Full Album Stream: Desolat – “Get Sick And Let Me Watch You Die”

June 13, 2024

Get sick and enjoy some righteous noise from Austria’s Desolat with an exclusive full stream of their new album.

Track Premiere: L.M.I. – ‘Dead Channel Thirst’

May 16, 2024

Philly-area punks L.M.I. get noisy and heavy on “Dead Channel Thirst.”

Track Premiere: Cathari – ‘Weight’

April 25, 2024

Philly noisecore outfit Cathari celebrate the pain of living with the first track from their new EP.

Album Premiere: To End It All – “Of Blood And Memory”

April 18, 2024

Seattle-based doom lords To End It All are back with a new album, Of Blood and Memory out tomorrow (April 19), but you can hear it and get super sad with us now.

Full Album Stream: Nest – “Endeavors”

April 11, 2024

Sink into misery with Nest, featuring Agoraphobic Nosebleed’s John Jarvis.

Album Premiere: Mudshow – Destiny

March 21, 2024

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions present Destiny, the wrestling themed debut album from Memphis, Tennessee’s ultraviolent sludge metal sadists Mudshow.

Interview: Lord Dying on Expanding the Storyline and Keeping it Heavy

January 31, 2024

We caught up with Lord Dying guitarist/vocalist Erik Olson to discuss the sludgemongers’ continued legacy via new LP Clandestine Transcendence.

Track Premiere: Lair of the Minotaur – ‘Dark Sorcery Beyond’

January 30, 2024

Lair of the Minotaur‘s classic lineup got back together to track two new songs—hear the first one now.

Album Premiere: GUHTS – “Regeneration”

January 24, 2024

NYC doom sect GUHTS sound darker than ever on their powerful debut LP from Seeing Red Records and New Heavy Sounds, “Regeneration.”

Video Premiere: Lord Dying – ‘The Universe is Weeping’

January 10, 2024

Hear the title track from progressive sludge outfit Lord Dying‘s new album, Clandestine Transcendence.