Sludge
Video Premiere: Hvrt – “The Grief That Feeds The Night, Pt. 1”
April 26, 2021 Andy Walmsley
Hear German riffmongers Hvrt bring the… well, you know, on their latest slab of blacked doom sludge.
Album Premiere: Amammoth – ‘The Fire Above’
March 17, 2021 Sean Frasier
Australian doom trio Amammoth light prehistoric joints from a stoner/sludge bonfire on their debut LP, The Fire Above.
Track Premiere: Age of Woe – “Patriarch”
February 19, 2021 Cody Davis
Watch death/doom crushers Age of Woe deliver a crusty vision of humanity’s impending future in the new video for “Patriarch.”
Track Premiere and Interview: Oryx – “Misery”
February 11, 2021 Sean Frasier
Downtuned Denver sludge trio Oryx cast shadows and break bones with their new sledgehammer of a single, “Misery.”
Album Premiere: Greylock and BEDTIMEMAGIC – ‘Split’
February 10, 2021 Sean Frasier
Boston comrades Greylock and BEDTIMEMAGIC join forces for a split album of sludgy bedlam from Tor Johnson Records.
Track Premiere: Bongzilla – ‘Sundae Driver’
February 2, 2021 Emily Bellino
Bongzilla return with new music for the first time in nearly two decades. Listen to “Sundae Driver” now.
Track Premiere: Scepter of Eligos – “Inverted Illusion”
January 26, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Denver’s Scepter of Eligos turn death metal on its head with their debut album Inverted Illusions. Hear the almost-title track right now.
Album Premiere: SNOW – ‘Fast N´Heavy Loud N´Slow’
January 20, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brazilian project SNOW balances sludge and hardcore skate punk on their accurately titled debut LP, Fast N´Heavy Loud N´Slow.
Album Premiere: Morpholith – ‘Null Dimensions’
December 2, 2020 Sean Frasier
Icelandic voidwalkers Morpholith teleport listeners with the cosmic doom of their Null Dimensions sophomore EP.
Album Premiere: Possessor – ‘Damn the Light’
October 28, 2020 Sean Frasier
UK horror fiends Possessor wield a mighty sludgehammer on their new monster-conjuring LP, Damn the Light.
Album Premiere: Junior Bruce – ‘Pray for Death’
October 21, 2020 Sean Frasier
Floridian sludgelords Junior Bruce return to prove they’re the headless kings of swamp metal with their Pray for Death LP.
Album Premiere: False Gods – No Symmetry … Only Disillusion
October 14, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Thou shall bear witness to New York’s False Gods singular debut full-length. Hear No Symmetry … Only Disillusion in its entirety right here.
Album Premiere and Interview: Empress – ‘Premonition’
September 30, 2020 Sean Frasier
Vancouver post-metal project Empress achieves sonic catharsis on their debut LP, Premonition. Listen to the exclusive stream now.
Album Premiere: Bosphorus – ‘Slow Burn’
September 22, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Scottish post-hardcore sludgians Bosphorus slowly and carefully lower their massive, ground-shaking debut album Slow Burn.
Ontario doom-duo Vile Creature host interactive record-release concert tonight!
August 14, 2020 Aaron Salsbury
Glory, Glory! The Vile Creature interactive live stream adventure/performance goes TONIGHT!
Video Premiere: Primitive Man – ‘Consumption’
August 14, 2020 Emily Bellino
Denver death-sludge trio Primitive Man release an unsettling new video for “Consumption.”
Video Premiere: ZYCLOPS – “Ghost”
July 30, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Watch the debut video from Texas sludgelords ZYCLOPS.
Track Premiere: Unruly – “Unruly Family”
July 21, 2020 Sean Frasier
Featuring members of Meth Drinker, New Zealand sludge fiends Unruly leave your ear drums feeling like ground meat with their new single “Unruly Family.” Unruly’s self-titled LP is out July 31st from Sludgelord Records.
Full Album Stream: Worship – “Tunnels”
July 15, 2020 Emily Bellino
Let the volume of Worship‘s Tunnels wash over you.
Five Must-Hear Sludge Releases from 2020
June 22, 2020 Emily Bellino
We’re all doomed, so enjoy a selection of Decibel‘s fave new sludge albums for 2020.
Video Premiere: Of Wolves – “Mens Rea (Izaguf)”
June 4, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Noisy Chicago-based sludge/hardcore trio Of Wolves premiere their new aversion therapy-style video for “Mens Rea (Izaguf)” from their forthcoming new album, Balance.
Track Premiere: Vile Creature – ‘When the Path is Unclear’
May 28, 2020 Emily Bellino
Vile Creature embrace uncertainty with new track “When the Path is Unclear.”
Track Premiere: KYOTY continue The Isolation Project with “Faith”
May 27, 2020 Sean Frasier
New Hampshire duo KYOTY have been defeating quarantine by writing an entirely new pensive post-metal song each week. Listen to “Faith” as they continue their amazing series The Isolation Project.
Full Album Stream: Tithe — “Penance”
May 13, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Brace yourself. Portland, Oregon’s Tithe is about to drag you into the death-grind tarpits.
Fudge Tunnel Release Live Album of 1993 Sets
May 12, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear late U.K. noisemongers Fudge Tunnel captured at the height of their abrasive powers live in 1993.
Video Premiere: -(16)- – ‘Me and the Dog Die Together’
May 5, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? The new -(16)- video is! The new -(16)- video is!
Album Premiere: Keverra – ‘Keverra’
April 29, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Get crushed by the debut full length of calculated and atmospheric sludge from Los Angeles trio Keverra.
Full Album Stream: Cyttorak – ‘Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers’
April 29, 2020 Sean Frasier
Rhode Island bruisers Cyttorak summon beasts from distant worlds on their new slab of slowerviolence Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers.
Demo:listen: Deplorable
April 3, 2020 Dutch Pearce
This week’s Demo:listen buckles under the weight of cruel Costa Rican sludge doom punishers Deplorable.
Album Review: Like Rats – ‘Death Monolith’
April 1, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Chicago crushers Like Rats don’t look back on Death Monolith.