Sludge
Album Review: Like Rats – ‘Death Monolith’
April 1, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Chicago crushers Like Rats don’t look back on Death Monolith.
EP Stream: ITUS Lifts Up Doom and Gloom with Primordial
March 12, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
ITUS’s new EP provides doom with a soaring, melodic edge.
Track Premiere: Witching – ‘Throes’
February 20, 2020 Emily Bellino
Listen to a blackened new song from sludge purveyors Witching.
Blades of the Brotherhood: An Interview with Hyborian
February 11, 2020 Dean Brown
How Hyborian have managed to achieve the difficult-to-master balance of writing complex music within the confines of pretty traditional structures.
Video Premiere: Orphans of Doom – “New Ishtar”
January 31, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Check out the video for the opening track “New Ishtar” off the new album from Kansas City psych sludgethrowers Orphans Of Doom.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Doomed to Fail’ and an Interview With Author JJ Anselmi
January 16, 2020 Greg Pratt
Read our interview with Doomed to Fail author JJ Anselmi as well as an exclusive excerpt from the book.
Video Premiere: Left Behind – ‘Eternity of Empty’
November 13, 2019 Emily Bellino
Left Behind come face to face with threats of Hell on “Eternity of Empty.”
Listen: Left Behind Know That “No One Goes to Heaven”
November 4, 2019 Emily Bellino
Left Behind show off their heaviest material yet.
Full Album Stream: Mexican Werewolf – “Murder House”
October 25, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Unhinged Chicago rockers Mexican Werewolf unleash their full length today. Hear in its entirety right here.
Full Album Stream: Malevich – “Our Hollow”
October 22, 2019 Emily Bellino
Atlanta grind beasts Malevich unleash new album Our Hollow.
Full Album Stream: Alienatör – “Pariahs”
October 18, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out the debut album from pugnacious Canadian sludge trio Alienatör.
Track Premiere: Mexican Werewolf – ‘The Last Days of Disco’
September 27, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Chicago’s Mexican Werewolf slay violent smash‘n’roll. Check out this exclusive track premiere from their forthcoming debut album, Murder House.
Demo:listen: Turin Horse
September 20, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen introduces our readers to enigmatic German black doom sludgesmiths Turin Horse.
Track Premiere: Sorxe – ‘Dependence Day’
August 16, 2019 Emily Bellino
Stream a new banger from psychedelic sludge crushers Sorxe right now.
Retrospective: Mare’s “Mare”
August 1, 2019 Greg Pratt
Mare showed the world how experimental sludge and post-metal should be done with their only release, 2004’s self-titled EP.
Track Premiere: Ledge – ‘Hanged’
June 18, 2019 Emily Bellino
Ex-Weekend Nachos frontman returns with a new Ledge song and album.
Track Premiere: Pale Misery – “No Choice”
May 22, 2019 Sean Frasier
Louisiana crust fiends Pale Misery offer “No Choice” but to listen to their newest blackened ripper.
Track Premiere: Hex Machine – ‘Scimitar Blues’
May 14, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hex Machine fuse noise rock, sludge and Dischord-style punk on “Scimitar Blues.”
Track Premiere: Dark Numbers Go Off the Deep End with “Shallows”
May 9, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“All of us come from very disparate places and try to create music somewhere in between all that.” Wrap your ears around the result, “Shallows.”
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.