sludge

The Kansas/Missouri noise rockers offer up a fervent plea as the title for a new banger—check it out plus a Q&A with the band.

Stream the debut EP from Chicago-based Downcaste, a trio with a sharp, witty, and no-frills approach to heavy sludge and doom metal.

We review the Belgium slude/post-metal group’s latest album, which carries on their intensely emotional sound.

Departing from their “Mass” series of releases, Amenra’s newest full-length further sharpens their emotional assault, though it’s not quite the same as any previous release. Read an interview with frontman Colin H. van Eeckhout about the new album.

This 17-minute ripper is a bitter exercise in short-form intensity: read our review of the Miami doom/post-metal’s new offering.

Watch a new video for “Tooth & Nail,” off the New York progressive sludge three-piece’s upcoming album “Nefarious Wave,” showing off the mean and fast side of their diverse sound.

Named after their hometown, the Swedish sludge/hardcore band aims to tell the story of Horndal’s downturn, an event that’s been mirrored by similar towns worldwide. Read an interview with drummer Pontus Levahn.

Is it black metal? Is it sludge? This new single points in one direction, but the album itself does not. Listen to an exclusive premiere of “Zop.”

We unleash this three-song trident from Louisiana-based sludge/crust/death outfit Romasa — “Insufferable Cave of Rotting Aspiration” is not “happy place” music, or is it?

Here’s our dive into the debut album from Portland trio Tithe — within the sludge-ridden death metal depths of “Penance,” we saw nightmares.