Sludge
Album Premiere: Calyces – “Fleshy Waves of Probability”
March 20, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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: Amammoth – “Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies”
March 17, 2025 Emily Bellino
Australian stoner/doom crew Amammoth debut their new record.
Full Album Stream: Oculto –Mal de Ojo
March 5, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
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 Decibel Magazine
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 J. Bennett
Sludge psych legends Kylesa reveal new lineup, announces a pair of U.S. shows scheduled for this December
Track Premiere: Moros – “Peeling Off Leeches”
February 12, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Philly death doom trio Moros let the blood run red on new track, “Peeling Off Leeches.”
Video Premiere: Pyres – ‘Some, Not All, Came Back’
February 10, 2025 Emily Bellino
Pyres overcome grief on new song “Some, Not All, Came Back.”
Track Premiere: Kazea – “Trenches”
February 5, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
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 J. Andrew
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 Emily Bellino
Listen to the new EP from New Jersey sludge mainstays Sunrot.
Track Premiere: Guts Club – “Remember the Mountains”
January 20, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
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 Tim Mudd
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 Gene Meyer
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 Justin Norton
Stream Arkansas sludge/doom crushers Mammoth Caravan‘s new LP Frostbitten Galaxy before it’s out via Blade Setter on October 4.
Video Premiere: Flourish – “New Cosmic Terror”
September 16, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Ohio post-metal shoegazers, Flourish, get all cosmic on sludgy new single.
Interview: Absorb Keep it Abysmal on New EP ‘Smog’
July 29, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Albert Mudrian
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 Emily Bellino
Generation of Vipers are back with their first new music in a decade. Dig in to first single “Lux Inversion” now.
KILL SCREEN 039: For Andy Gibbs of THOU, Gaming Hits Close to Home
June 19, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Beauty is more than pixel-deep for the guitarist and now-official games composer.
Album Premiere: Horseburner – ‘Voice of Storms’
June 19, 2024 Tim Mudd
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 J. Andrew
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 Emily Bellino
Philly-area punks L.M.I. get noisy and heavy on “Dead Channel Thirst.”
Track Premiere: Cathari – ‘Weight’
April 25, 2024 Emily Bellino
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 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Emily Bellino
Sink into misery with Nest, featuring Agoraphobic Nosebleed’s John Jarvis.
Album Premiere: Mudshow – Destiny
March 21, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Emily Bellino
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 Sean Frasier
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 Emily Bellino
Hear the title track from progressive sludge outfit Lord Dying‘s new album, Clandestine Transcendence.