flesh of the stars

Ted Nubel closes out our individual lists with lots of doom, stoner rock, and a few anomalies.

Here’s all the new metal that’s released and is releasing between October 22nd and October 28th—Spin (or skip) new music from Autopsy, Yellow Eyes, Wayfarer, and more.

Co-editor-in-chief Ted Nubel lists his picks for the year, including a heavy heaping of doom and traditional metal.

We’ve collected some of our favorite releases from 2021 so far for your perusal.

Chicago-based melodic doom band Flesh of the Stars returns with a new EP, their first work since 2019’s excellent full-length “Mercy.” We’re premiering “Mirror / Vessels” in full now along with an in-depth interview with guitarists Mike Fox and Matt Ciani.

All the new metal releasing between February 28th, 2021 and March 6th, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from Mork, Baest, Slomatics/Ungraven, and more.

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.