Sludge
Video Premiere: The Human Race is Filth – ‘Cloaked in Shame’
February 13, 2023 Emily Bellino
Check out “Cloaked in Shame” from grind/sludge outfit The Human Race is Filth and hit Bandcamp to hear more from their Cognitive Dissonance EP.
Album Premiere: Raum Kingdom – ‘Monarch’
January 25, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Irish sludge and doomsters Raum Kingdom return with their first new LP since the passing of bass player Ronan Connor in March of 2021.
Track Premiere: Stormo – ‘Endocannibalismo’
January 12, 2023 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from sludgy noise punks Stormo.
Full Album Premiere: Onhou – ‘Monument’
December 6, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Dutch sludge-doom quartet Onhou get low and slow on their second wretched full-length, ‘Monument.’
Track Premiere: Mammoth Caravan’s “Nomad”
November 29, 2022 Justin Norton
Newcomers Mammoth Caravan draw from the primordial well of southern sludge and doom metal but subtract meandering and nonsense.
Video Premiere: Gavran – “Pesak”
November 9, 2022 Sean Frasier
Dutch doom trio Gavran unveil their psychedelic new video for “Pesak.” Sophomore album Indistinct Beacon out December 2nd.
Video Premiere: S.I.D. – ‘City of Chemistry’
September 21, 2022 Sean Frasier
Italian doom/sludge trio S.I.D. declare war on warfare with the music video for their EP’s title track, “City of Chemistry.”
Track Premiere: Black Royal – ’13th Moon’
August 22, 2022 Emily Bellino
Dig into sludgy stoner grooves with Black Royal.
Full Album Stream: Abest – ‘Molten Husk’
August 18, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
German hardcore sludge trio Abest‘s latest LP will leave you a Molten Husk. Stream it in full now!
Album Premiere: Morbid Evils – ‘Supernaturals’
August 17, 2022 Sean Frasier
Keijo Niinimaa (Rotten Sound) returns with a merciless new album from Finnish funeral sludge project Morbid Evils.
Track Premiere: Calm Collapse – “Positive Greed”
August 16, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
New Seattle post-metal sludge trio Calm Collapse are no negative creeps.
Video Premiere: Signo Rojo – “Enough Rope”
July 28, 2022 Sean Frasier
Swedish sludge rockers Signo Rojo unveil the video for “Enough Rope,” the first single from their upcoming Majestic Mountain Records release.
Full Album Stream: Behold! The Monolith – ‘From the Fathomless Deep’
July 14, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear L.A. doom trio Behold! The Monolith get deep on their new Ripple Music full-length.
Video Premiere: Process of Guilt – “Victims”
July 5, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Noisy Portuguese quartet Process of Guilt ratchet up the tension in new video for “Victims”
Album Premiere: Existence Dysphoria – ‘Minus Negative’
June 29, 2022 Sean Frasier
London sludge trio Existence Dysphoria unveil their crushing debut album Minus Negative. Out July 1st through Sludgelord Records.
Track Premiere: Sergeant Thunderhoof – “Devil’s Daughter”
May 31, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Report immediately to desert rockers Sergeant Thunderhoof, who hail from the sand-swept, dune-laden [checks notes] Bath, England.
Video Premiere: Hush – “There Can Be No Forgiveness Without the Shedding of Blood”
May 19, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hush‘s noisy, sludgy post-metal horror-show provides the appropriate soundtrack for the bleakness of their new video
Album Premiere: MNRVA – ‘Hollow’
May 18, 2022 Sean Frasier
South Carolina sludge trio MNRVA summon black skies with their doomy debut LP, Hollow. Live deliciously and listen early.
Full Album Premiere: Bog Body – ‘Cryonic Crevasse Cult’
May 17, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
NYC’s Bog Body emerge well-preserved from the sludgy black metal morass.
Demo:listen: Nembutal Sleep
May 17, 2022 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen gets knocked out by Swedish sludge/hardcore punk duo Nembutal Sleep.
Track Premiere: Still/Form – “Loyal, Like Dogs”
May 5, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Portland noiseniks Still/Form are all bark and all bite on their debut offering
Video Premiere: Shovel – “I. The Void”
May 2, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Berlin-based sludge and post-metal heavyweights Shovel are gearing up for the release of their self-titled, debut album, which drops on May 27 via Argonauta Records. Watch the video for single “I. The Void.”
Album Premiere: Pyreship – ‘Light is a Barrier’
April 20, 2022 Sean Frasier
Texan post-metal sludgelords Pyreship traverse doomed skies on their stunning sophomore LP, Light is a Barrier.
Video Premiere: WOORMS – ‘Quiet As Isaac’
March 28, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based trio WOORMS unveils their third LP, Fatalismo, this spring, and they’re giving us a teaser right now with the video for “Quiet As Isaac.”
Track Premiere: Come to Grief – ‘Life’s Curse’
March 8, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear doom heavyweights Come to Grief unleash the first single form their debut full-length album, When the World Dies, out May 20, via Translation Loss.
Demo:listen: Scum Sedition
March 1, 2022 Dutch Pearce
Maryland death-sludge crew Scum Sedition absolutely destroy this week’s Demo:listen.
Track Premiere: Cavernlight – “As I Cast Ruin Upon The Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw”
February 16, 2022 Cody Davis
Wisconsin doom crushers Cavernlight return for the first time in five years with the title track to new LP, As I Cast Ruin Upon The Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw.
Video Premiere: Ritual Earth – “Free From My Vessel”
February 8, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Philly psych doom quartet Ritual Earth channel some serious early ’90s Seattle and Kyuss vibes on this drop-tuned grinder.
Full Album Stream: Chilean Sludge/Stoner/Doom Crushers Ocultum Scrape Off the Residue
January 13, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the latest album from Chilean stoner/doom body breakers Ocultum!
Track Premiere: Bayht Lahm – “Valientes Sin Armas, Sociedad Sin Miedo”
December 15, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear New Jersey blasters Bayt Lahm debut a new single addressing political unrest in Colombia.