Sludge

Timeworn are aggressive as they are atmospheric on new song “Night of Owls.”

Ain-Soph Aur
Denver doom/sludge duo wax ecstatic, cowboy-style
dB rating: 8/10

The Ditch And The Delta hit you with a slow, sludgy outburst.

“Some Sell Their Souls” comes from Beastwars’ 2016 The Death of All Things. 

Rozamov‘s first full-length album is a progressive yet incredibly heavy slab of doom metal.

Jagged Vision punish the listener with thick riffs and aggressive delivery on “Euthanasia.”

Almost four minutes into Temple of the Morning Star is when the infamous fundamentalist preacher says, “Right now I want the undivided attention of every God-fearing American citizen.” And that’s pretty much where Today Is the Day officially began their new brand of misery.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Six Feet Under, Xibalba, and King Woman. 

Horseneck marry sludge and post-hardcore with a host of other sounds to craft their memorable first record, Heavy Trip. 

UK misery conduits Grim Ravine bring the doom and the sludge on The Light is From Below.

In the Company of Serpents explore their softer side while also delving deeper into their heavy side on the first single from their full-length. 

Crystal Fairy‘s lineup includes Buzz Obsorne and Dale Crover (The Melvins), Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (At the Drive-In, ex-The Mars Volta) and Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes). Find out more about the band before their self-titled album drops. 

“We’re making sludge through a death metal lens,” Moros drummer Jason Dost tells Decibel. “I can’t say we are a death metal band but the horror and savageness of that early death metal sound influences what we do for sure.” 

Happily, that proves to be a pretty goddamn spot-on self-assessment as one jams this seriously intense, head-turning Moros split with Black Urn  — a straight-up enigmatic-yet-primal nightmare translated into assaultive sound waves.

Bleak, noisy doom is what to expect from Unearthly Trance‘s latest single, “Scythe.”

There’s something for everyone on the new Dying Whale album, Last Moments of Misery. 

“Living to Try” appeared on Weltesser‘s 2015 demo, but the album version is brimming with even more sludgy, chunky riffs. 

The newly-expanded quartet rips into sludgy hard rock on “Disintegrate.” 

The Shape of Doom to Cumm )) is a “Serial Vapist.” 

All loud things must come to end. And that is why Fight Amp have decided to break up. The band’s own Mike McGinnis offers this eulogy: a list of surprising influences you may not have picked up on. 

Rising took the stage at Roskilde Festival to play for the biggest crowd of their career. They recorded it for a music video for “Death of a Giant.” 

Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard combine ethereal psychedelic and crushing doom on their latest, Y Proffwyd Dwyll. Stream it now before it hits stores. 

Ayahuasca set a dark tone for their upcoming album on “Mountain of Snakes.” 

Boston post-metal explorers SEA explore the murky depths of post-metal on “Stone Ship” before embarking on a European expedition with WeedWolf.

Anti-religion, Drugs, Life, Death. Ain’t no party like a Fistula track debut. 

Meet New England’s Conclave, who probably don’t have a baseball jersey merch design. 

Oceans Into Their Graves, sludge riffs into your ears, trad catchiness into your brain. 

Recently, I stumbled across a graffiti mural that read, “Every winner was once a beginner.” This got the gears turning, thinking about how long it’s been since Mastodon was considered an unknown, underground entity.

Equal parts bluesy sludge and trudging grind, Musket Hawk bring the slow despondency necessary on the most hungover of afternoons. 

The Curse That Is
Turn of the Tide
dB Rating: 8/10

Burn everything to the ground.