Streams

American black metal band Doldrum's 2022 debut album scored high on our charts last year - we spoke to the band about how camp, Americana, the Denver sound, and irony feed into their sound.

Reminding the world that black metal is METAL first.

In this new column, we speak to bassists from across the wide world of heavy metal. To start with, we chatted with Dave Brenner (Gridfailure, Earsplit PR).

The Finnish heavy/doom band taps into doom metal's grandeur and heavy metal's ferocity on their upcoming second full-length. Stream a new track here.

Though he sang on their first full-length, Längquist didn't officially join Candlemass until "The Door to Doom" in 2019. We spoke to Längquist about the band's 2022 album plus "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus."

Mysterious raw black metal duo dai-ichi re-emerge with a second album of ferocious sounds. Listen to "Where the Ivy Grows" before the album's release.

Extreme sounds for extreme expressions. Stream this blackened death-sludge meets blackened crust split here before it releases next month.

The Chicago band blends post-metal with shoegaze, rock, and more to create a downcast, yet vivid, sound. Stream a new track from their just-announced new EP "A Soft Decay" here.

British death/doom metal band Grief Symposium emphasizes death on their incredibly heavy debut which is now streaming in full.

Hailing from Madrid, the avant-garde metal group returns after almost ten years with a new album. Stream a new track from "The Laniakea Architecture - Volume II" here.