Sludge
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.
Crowbar – “Odd Fellows Rest”
June 8, 2017 Greg Pratt
By 1998, New Orleans metal heavyweights Crowbar had already released four fantastic sludge albums. But when it came time to start writing their fifth, the band knew they were on to something different
Track Premiere: Timeworn – ‘Night Of Owls’
May 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Timeworn are aggressive as they are atmospheric on new song “Night of Owls.”
In The Company of Serpents
April 10, 2017 Rod Smith
Ain-Soph Aur
Denver doom/sludge duo wax ecstatic, cowboy-style
dB rating: 8/10
Track Premiere: The Ditch And The Delta – ‘Dread Spectacle’
April 5, 2017 Emily Bellino
The Ditch And The Delta hit you with a slow, sludgy outburst.
Video Premiere: Beastwars – ‘Some Sell Their Souls’
March 28, 2017 Emily Bellino
“Some Sell Their Souls” comes from Beastwars’ 2016 The Death of All Things.
Full Album Stream: Rozamov – ‘This Mortal Road’
March 2, 2017 Emily Bellino
Rozamov‘s first full-length album is a progressive yet incredibly heavy slab of doom metal.
Track Premiere: Jagged Vision – ‘Euthanasia’
February 28, 2017 Emily Bellino
Jagged Vision punish the listener with thick riffs and aggressive delivery on “Euthanasia.”
Today is the Day – Temple of the Morning Star
February 28, 2017 Shane Mehling
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.
For Those About To Squawk: Six Feet Under, Xibalba, King Woman
February 24, 2017 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Six Feet Under, Xibalba, and King Woman.
Full Album Stream: Horseneck – ‘Heavy Trip’
February 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Horseneck marry sludge and post-hardcore with a host of other sounds to craft their memorable first record, Heavy Trip.
Full EP Stream: Grim Ravine’s Subterrannean Doom Proves “The Light is From Below”
February 15, 2017 Sean Frasier
UK misery conduits Grim Ravine bring the doom and the sludge on The Light is From Below.