doom

Italian post-metal ensemble Postvorta unleash a bellicose track from their upcoming-full length “Porrima” — stream it here now.

Death metal may have taken the cake last year, but doom was the tedious labor that went into baking it. Here are three monster doom albums you may have missed during a frenzied year of releases.

We unveil the massive closing track from the upcoming “Toward the Sun” full-length by moody doom outfit Garganjua — this is one for your headphones and a dark room.

We dig into “Ÿ,” the latest hyper-idiosyncratic work of French avant-garde doom outfit Öxxö Xööx, to unpack its esoteric array of sounds and effects.

We caught the Mono tour on its stop in Chicago featuring none other than doom duo Bell Witch; photos and live report inside.

We unveil Chicago-based trio Den’s second full-length “Iron Desert,” a work culminating nearly a decade’s worth of heady and noisy doom for your soul.

The stoner doom outfit’s upcoming full-length “Istanah” is due in December; the band just posted some entrancing artwork to tease the release, and one single is streaming now.

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.

We unveil the second full-length from London trio Torpor — “Rhetoric of the Image” is sludgy post-metal with a doomy twist. The album releases Friday, but listen now via our early full stream.

We dissect “Cairn,” third full-length from Mizmor. This could easily be the doom album of the year.