sludge

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.

Vermont rockers Ghastly Sound are about to unleash their debut full-length “Have A Nice Day” — here’s a taste of the band’s brand of pop-infused sludge with new single “War.”

Torche’s fifth full-length (and first since 2015) is chock-full of all the goodness we’ve come to expect from the Florida “thunder pop” masters.

We unveil the jamming new album by Spanish “majestic doom” outfit Adrift.

We unveil a mind-altering video from German industrial masters Valborg’s upcoming full-length “Zentrum” + exchange some words with vocalist Jan Buckard. Bonus: enter for a chance to win a copy of the new album.

Swedish outfit This Gift is a Curse saturate your mind with their blacked hardcore on a noisy-as-fuck new track from their upcoming third full-length “A Throne of Ash.”

We talk with Iowa-based done/doom project Aseethe about change over time and change on the new record (out later this month), from replacing founding members to saying more with less.

We sat down in Inter Arma’s tour van on the date of their new album’s release to discuss genre classification, lyrical content, line-up changes, and more with drummer TJ Childers and guitarist Trey Dalton.

Our full review of the intoxicating new Inter Arma album, out today via Relapse.

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