chained to the bottom of the ocean

The full Prepare the Ground festival lineup is here! Ticket links for the full fest and single days are available.

We start 2023’s listmania with Tom Morgan’s best-of list, which packs in a luxurious cross-section of heavy music’s range this year.

Here’s all the new metal that’s releasing between May 7th and May 13th—Spin (or skip) new music from Cattle Decapitation, Esoctrilihum, Ascended Dead, and more.

The anonymous Massachusetts band will unleash a new EP next month; stream new single “Suffering is a Gift from God” here.

All the new metal releasing between October 20th and October 26th, 2019 — spin (or skip) new music from Alcest, Dawn Ray’d, Botanist, Sunn 0))), Hour of Penance, and more.

We dredged the world’s seas to bring you the latest taste of Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean — “Genesis of the Daffodil” is pure concrete, and the outfit’s upcoming album (out next month) has a whole lot more.

Four high-quality, relatively recent releases from the mysterious and ever-popularizing worlds of doom, sludge, and stoner metal.