doom metal

Lex and Chris of Sunrot offer up four albums that inspired the noisy, sludgy post-metal band’s new album.

Jon will return next week – this week, co-EIC Ted Nubel writes about an odd comeback record from one of his favorite bands.

The German doom band’s third album tackles inner conflict via a distinctly aquatic lens. Stream it here before it releases Friday.

This week: an early crossover between gothic, doom, and darkwave, and a fairly recent black metal album with an appropriate amount of cowbell.

This week: a melodic death/doom band’s 2007 debut, and a gnarly mid-career standout from a veteran stoner metal band.

Intricately precise and yet prone to fuzz-driven exploration, the Chicago instrumental doom band takes inspiration from progressive rock and classical music on their new EP “Moonshot.” Check out the lead single and read an interview.

This week, sad doom and fun metal. Next week: fun doom and sad metal, perhaps.

The Austin heavy rockers are following up on their 2022 album “Doom Wop” with a summer tour across the US. Tour dates and more info here.

The ‘one-human entity’ Choir perfects the art of blending discomfort and tragedy on their upcoming debut album. Stream it in full here.

We revive our once-weekly column with some weird black metal and a weird comeback-of-sorts story.