Debuts

Portland blackened sludge/post-metal trio Flood Peak are set to follow up their 2018 debut with a new EP, "Fixed Ritual" -- check out the doom-spiralling opening track.

The Dutch Sludge/post-metal/black metal group is set to release their 2020 album "What Will Be Lost" on vinyl, which will include a previously unreleased track as well. Listen to that track now, which takes the band's sound and puts a dynamic, more post-metal-leaning spin on it.

Check out the title track to the Italian doom/death group's upcoming full-length "December" -- just in time for the month itself, the band's melodic take on the genre is infused with a touch of black metal to really chill the bones.

Chad Davis's continuted return to black metal is marked with an abject, compelling misery. Listen to the new Obscurae album in full.

The Gnaw Their Tongues mastermind reaches into his doom metal past. Listen to "Shapeless Misery" in full ahead of its release date.

The Spanish melodic death metal group's second full length explores the damage that man has done to the earth and where it will take us next. Check out a thoughtful interview with the band and stream the whole album now.

Stream the debut EP from this Denver trio, who fuse immense doom and post-metal textures with heavy, nimble rock elements.

We're premiering the new album from the Dutch doom/noise act (previously known as Mehnir, and featuring members of Ortega), which leverages acerbic texture to create surprisingly emotional results.

Stream the full album from the Italian krautrock/ambient pioneers ahead of its Friday release, consisting solely of two lengthy tracks for entrenched consumption.

The international black metal group finds black metal's roots in Romantic music and puts them under an extreme magnifying glass. Listen to "Das Magnificat" ahead of their debut's release.