sludge

The Chicago sludge metal group takes notes from industrial metal on how to deliver their sludge with as much misanthropy and filth as possible. Stream a new track from the band here.

Swiss "downtempo folk doom metal" band Soldat Hans chooses to go down many stylistic paths at once on their new album "Anthaupt."

Watch the shadowy music video for the Australian sludge/post-metal group's new single "Initiation."

Check out an unusual music video for an enthralling track from the UK post-metal band's upcoming album "An Endless Static."

The Italian post-hardcore/sludge band's upcoming album deals entirely with grief and loss, applying a punishing combination of sludge groove and hardcore might. Watch a video for the track "First Day" here.

Supergroup Absent in Body, featuring members of Amenra, Neurosis, and Sepultura, seamlessly melds post-metal, drone, and EBM. Read our interview with vocalist Colin H. van Eeckhout.

The experimental Norwegian band's latest album takes a more cinematic tack, fusing avant-garde sludge and noise rock into a hazardous adventure. Listen to it now.

The doom/post-metal group's upcoming record "Light is a Barrier" is big on riffs and big on mood, and what else could we want? Stream a new track here.

The Swedish post-metal/atmospheric sludge band leaves the apocalyptic world behind on this new track from their upcoming album "The Rift," weaving in spacey synthesizers as they go. Watch the lyric video here.

The UK band's debut draws on Mesoamerican mythology to reveal universal truths about psychedelic communion.