Sludge
Full Album Stream and Interview: The Mound Builders
April 24, 2019 Sean Frasier
Indiana sludge rockers The Mound Builders celebrate ten loud years with their eponymous LP.
Track Premiere: Moros – ‘Every Day is Worse Than the Last’
February 28, 2019 Emily Bellino
Sludgy death/doom trio Moros reveal a demoralizing cut from their new album, Weapon.
Track Premiere: Miscarriage – ‘II’
January 23, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new track from deranged goregrind/death-sludge duo Miscarriage.
Track and Video Premiere: Carrion Mother – ‘Schwarzschild’
December 5, 2018 Sean Frasier
German doom explorers Carrion Mother launch us into space’s pitch-black embrace in their new track, “Schwarzschild.”
Video Premiere: OHHMS – ‘Shambles’
October 22, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the latest single from grungy UK doom crew OHHMS right now.
Track Premiere: The Atrocity Exhibit – ‘The Bitter Aftertaste of Exploitation’
October 9, 2018 Emily Bellino
The Atrocity Exhibit experience “The Bitter Aftertaste of Exploitation.”
Decibel Contributor Roundtable: What band have you seen most live?
September 26, 2018 Sean Frasier
Decibel contributors share the bands they’ve seen on stage most, from sludge icons Eyehategod to metal juggernauts Lamb of God.
Track Premiere: Dirge – ‘La Malinche’
September 14, 2018 Emily Bellino
India’s Dirge crush with Mayan-inspired doom.
Track Premiere: WOORMS – ‘Mouth is a Wound’
September 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Got WOORMS? Check out the pulverizing new single from the Louisiana sludge punks.
Full EP Stream: Worst Ones – ‘Is It Worth It?’
September 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Worst Ones delve into heavy sludge, goth, industrial, alternative and more on new EP Is It Worth It?
Full Album Stream: Praise the Plague – “Antagonist”
September 11, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from blackened sludge upstarts Praise the Plague.
Welcome to Hellrad’s DIY, Sleazy Vision of Philadelphia (NSFW)
September 6, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hellrad pull out all the stops in this NSFW video.
Mantar to Release Exclusive New Track via Decibel Flexi Series!
August 29, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Tuesday, September 4 to obtain a HIGHLY LIMITED Mantar flexi disc!
No Corporate Beer: Easy Evil
August 16, 2018 Adem Tepedelen
Alaska’s finest and funkiest brewery, Anchorage, pays tribute to Washington’s finest and funkiest stoner/doom trio, Mos Generator.
Video Premiere: Not My Master – ‘Acadence’
July 6, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from Texas metallers Not My Master.
Full Album Stream: KITE – The All Penetrating Silence
June 6, 2018 Sean Frasier
Norwegian post-metal doom-bringers KITE loudly pursue a quiet place on their The All Penetrating Silence EP.
Video Premiere & Interview: Dopethrone – ‘Killdozer’
May 7, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song and read a new interview with Canadian sludge/doom heavyweights Dopethrone now.
Thou Surprise Release New Album, “The House Primordial”
May 1, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hear the new album from Thou.
Track Premiere: The Human Race is Filth – ‘Capital Torture’
March 30, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from The Human Race is Filth.
Full Album Stream: Formalist – ‘No One Will Shine Anymore’
March 8, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the droning, pained new album from Formalist.
Crawl/Leviathan Split: Spilling Tears Into the Forge of Hate
February 23, 2018 J. Andrew
Check out the new split with Crawl and Leviathan for two equally horrifying takes on humanity’s nightmares.
Track Premiere: Beldam – ‘Carrion Feast’
January 10, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a crushingly heavy new song from Seattle-based sludge practitioners Beldam now.
Track Premiere: Clamfight – ‘Echoes in Stone’
January 3, 2018 Sean Frasier
In under eight minutes, New Jersey sludge rockers Clamfight craft an epic tale of one location’s historical and supernatural transformation in “Echoes in Stone.”
Track Premiere: BongCauldron’s ‘Bury Your Axe in the Crania of Lesser Men’
November 22, 2017 Sean Frasier
UK troublemakers BongCauldron bring the sludge and the fuzz in the skull-splitting premiere of “Bury Your Axe in the Crania of Lesser Men.”
Full Album Stream: Somnuri – “Somnuri”
November 9, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the thunderous new album from Somnuri now.
Track Premiere: V – “At the End of Your Time”
October 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
V debut a sludgy new song, “At the End of Your Time.”
Track Premiere: YLVA – ‘Metadata’
September 13, 2017 Emily Bellino
YLVA bring the thunder from down under.
Get Out of Print Kreator, Eyehategod & Black Dahlia Murder Vinyl!
August 11, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Get FIVE rare BONUS singles from the Decibel Flexi Series when you order this special Decibel subscription. For a limited time only!
Streaming: High Priest Kill Your Buzz with “Grail Sludge”
July 19, 2017 Sean Frasier
Virginian pit-stirrers High Priest blast out hardcore/grind extinction sermons on their ferocious Grail Sludge EP.