Sludge

Video Premiere: The Human Race is Filth – ‘Cloaked in Shame’

February 13, 2023

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

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

Listen to a new song from sludgy noise punks Stormo.

Full Album Premiere: Onhou – ‘Monument’

December 6, 2022

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

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

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

Italian doom/sludge trio S.I.D. declare war on warfare with the music video for their EP’s title track, “City of Chemistry.”

Full Album Stream: Abest – ‘Molten Husk’

August 18, 2022

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

Keijo Niinimaa (Rotten Sound) returns with a merciless new album from Finnish funeral sludge project Morbid Evils.

Video Premiere: Signo Rojo – “Enough Rope”

July 28, 2022

Swedish sludge rockers Signo Rojo unveil the video for “Enough Rope,” the first single from their upcoming Majestic Mountain Records release.

Video Premiere: Process of Guilt – “Victims”

July 5, 2022

Noisy Portuguese quartet Process of Guilt ratchet up the tension in new video for “Victims”

Album Premiere: Existence Dysphoria – ‘Minus Negative’

June 29, 2022

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

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

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

South Carolina sludge trio MNRVA summon black skies with their doomy debut LP, Hollow. Live deliciously and listen early.

Demo:listen: Nembutal Sleep

May 17, 2022

This week Demo:listen gets knocked out by Swedish sludge/hardcore punk duo Nembutal Sleep.

Video Premiere: Shovel – “I. The Void”

May 2, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hear Philly psych doom quartet Ritual Earth channel some serious early ’90s Seattle and Kyuss vibes on this drop-tuned grinder.

Track Premiere: Bayht Lahm – “Valientes Sin Armas, Sociedad Sin Miedo”

December 15, 2021

Hear New Jersey blasters Bayt Lahm debut a new single addressing political unrest in Colombia.