Stoner Metal

With the Dead

September 12, 2017

British doom practitioners With the Dead are this week’s Best New Noise.

Cannabis Corpse Premiere New Song, Pick 10 Favorite Albums to Smoke To

August 31, 2017

Embark on “The 420th Crusade” with Cannabis Corpse before reading bassist/vocalist LandPhil’s ten favorite albums to smoke pot to.

TRACK PREMIERE: GET YOURSELF SOME BRAND NEW OLDE

June 28, 2017

Three years after unleashing a self-titled debut that turned many a (metal)head — including a spot on Decibel‘s Best Bandcamp Finds of 2014 list — Toronto doom rockers Olde are set to return August 11 with the STB Records release Temple, on which the quintet’s already solid fantastically heavy, catchy-as-hell take on the ol’ crush n’ fuzz continues to evolve and deepen. 

Primitive Origins: Leaf Hound’s Growers of Mushroom

June 8, 2017

Re-examining Leaf Hound’s 1971 proto-stoner album Growers of Mushroom.

Track Premiere: Bison – ‘Until The Earth Is Empty’

May 23, 2017

Listen to “Until the Earth is Empty” from Bison‘s You Are Not the Ocean You Are the Patient

Track Premiere: Elder – ‘Staving Off Truth’

May 16, 2017

“Staving Off Truth” comes from Elder‘s fourth and largest album, Reflections of a Floating World. 

Label Spotlight: Ripple Music

May 15, 2017

Get familiar with Ripple Music, purveyors of doom, stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock and metal. 

Video Premiere: Season Of Arrows – ‘The Bridge’

May 1, 2017

Season of Arrows debut the music video for “The Bridge,” off sophomore effort Give It to the Mountain. 

Track Premiere: Vokonis – ‘The Sunken Djinn’

April 20, 2017

Vokonis premiere the first single from their second album, both titled The Sunken Djinn. 

Video Premiere: Connoisseur – ‘All Day Every Day’

March 17, 2017

Stoner/sludge punks Connoisseur show off what they do “All Day Every Day” in a new, 4/20 friendly video.

Full Album Stream: Mothership – ‘High Strangeness’

March 14, 2017

High Strangeness, the third full-length from Texas rockers Mothership, incorporates a variety of sounds and influences for a diverse and fun album.

All-Star Sepultura Cover Band Clenched Fist Announced As Post-Metal And Beer Fest Show

March 14, 2017

Clenched Fist, the all-star Sepultura cover band featuring members of Pig DestroyerAgoraphobic Nosebleed and Misery Index will perform at the post-Decibel Metal And Beer Fest show.

Track Premiere: Jagged Vision – ‘Euthanasia’

February 28, 2017

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

Full Album Stream: Horseneck – ‘Heavy Trip’

February 15, 2017

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

Support the ACLU and Extreme Metal Today on Bandcamp

February 3, 2017

Bandcamp is donating 100% of their proceeds today to the ACLU in the continued fight for human rights around the world. Here are 5 releases to consider purchasing today. 

Full Album Stream: Domkraft – ‘The End of Electricity’

November 9, 2016

Groovy, psychedelic doom is the name of the game on The End of Electricity. 

Let Arctic Take You on a Psychedelic Skate Trip

June 24, 2016

Arctic’s insane psychedelics put a chill into summer. Full album is here for streaming.

Album Premiere: Enter Bardus’ Sludge/Stoner/Noise World of Sound

March 30, 2016

Stream their second full-length, Stella Porta, for an “escape and outlet from real life” that’s crushing, hazy, hallucinatory, and caustic, all at the same time.  

Cathedral

September 21, 2015

In Memoriam
Slowness will prevail
dB Rating: 9/10

Lucifer

June 22, 2015

Lucifer I
New partner, same dance, better result
dB Rating: 9/10