Sludge

Track Premiere: Ba’al – “Well of Sorrows”

June 4, 2025

Hear English post-black metal malcontents Ba’al drink deeply from the “Well of Sorrows” on their latest 11-minute single.

Full Album Stream: Veljet —Demiurgo

May 21, 2025

The price of Mexican psych doom remains unchanged, so check out the new full-length, Demiurgo, from sludgy trio Veljet.

Full Album Stream: Grave Speaker –Rays of the Emerald Sun

May 14, 2025

Deep-sixed doom slayer Grave Speaker is not just a tokin’ stoner psych band. It’s the solo side project of High ’n Heavy guitarist John Steele.

Full Album Stream: Meatwound –Macho

May 7, 2025

Florida hardcore noise scrape menacers Meatwound offer up their bloody good fourth long-player, Macho.

Full Album Stream: Tenebrae –Los Dioses Ausentes

April 23, 2025

Hear Mexican blackened doom dealers Tenebrae make their burnt offerings to the forgotten gods on new debut, Los Dioses Ausentes.

Track Premiere: Clamfight – ‘Clamfight’

April 21, 2025

Clamfight premiere new single “Clamfight,” from the album Clamfight.

Video Premiere: Moontemple – “Horus”

April 7, 2025

Ohio stoner doom stalwarts Moontemple honor Egyptian god “Horus” in their new beard-forward video.

-(16)- Premiere Exclusive New Song, “Idol of Abuse,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

April 2, 2025

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from San Diego sludge-slingers -(16)- before the discs are sold out for good!

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.