sludge metal

The Chicago doom/post-metal/shoegaze trio’s upcoming debut full-length “As Above, So Below” combines a clear aptitude for riffs with an intricate approach to post-metal. Listen to a track now.

Featuring members of legendary Chicago projects like Novembers Doom, Yakuza, Chrome Waves, Wolvhammer, and more, the opening track of this death metal group’s debut record shows little mercy.

Watch UK sludgesters Swamp Coffin erode your sanity (and possibly theirs) in the music video for “Welcome To Rot,” taken from their upcoming album “Noose Almighty”.

Churchburn (featuring Ray McCaffrey of Grief and Dave Suzuki, ex-Vital Remains) intertwine death, black, sludge, and doom metal intertwine into a hideous mix. Check out a new single from their upcoming third full-length featuring John McEntee (Incantation) on vocals.

After recently signing to Ripple Music, the Boston, MA rockers are set to release a second full-length, “Under the Blood Moon.” Check out a video for the opening track “The Devil’s Work.”

The death/sludge outfit Slugdge might seem superficial at first, but the concept goes deeper than clever puns and outlandish lore. Learn more with our interview with Slugdge’s Matt Moss.

The Irish sludge/doom metal band teams up with Oxbow vocalist Eugene Robinson for an exercise in atmospheric heaviness and riff worship.

Ted delivers double-duty on this edition of Records of the Week, looking at two albums released midway through the careers of their respective bands.

Space is an empty, empty place, and within it there are areas even emptier still – take a trip through them now with the debut album from this instrumental doom/ambient UK act.

Lengthy and mournful dirges make the American doom group’s new album a gripping portrait of suffering. Read our full review.