Doom
Track Premiere: Flummox – “Executive Dysfunction”
November 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Nashville genre-mashers Flummox get brutally bizarre on new single, “Executive Dysfunction.”
Q&A: Laura Bates (Völur) on Her Struggles With Housing Instability
November 18, 2024 Justin Norton
Accomplished violinist Laura Bates (Völur) has a steady income, however, her landlord is trying to evict her. She discuses the unchecked power of landlords and housing instability.
Sunrot and Body Void Announce Split for Trans Day of Remembrance
October 15, 2024 Gene Meyer
New Jersey’s own Sunrot have teamed up with New England bruisers Body Void to release a special split EP for 2024’s Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20.
Vanishing Kids Unveil Haunting Visuals in New Video for “Demon Glove”
October 9, 2024 Tim Mudd
Wisconsin-based dream doom and gothic psych-rock innovators Vanishing Kids release a captivating new video for their single “Demon Glove.”
Full Album Stream: Mammoth Caravan’s ‘Frostbitten Galaxy’
October 2, 2024 Justin Norton
Stream Arkansas sludge/doom crushers Mammoth Caravan‘s new LP Frostbitten Galaxy before it’s out via Blade Setter on October 4.
Track Premiere: Sister Thieves – “Human”
September 26, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Sister Thieves return with a new single, “Human,” from their forthcoming album CRAWL, out October 25.
Track Premiere: Ploughshare – “Fall of All Creatures”
September 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Aussie avant black/death metal fiends Ploughshare offer up nine minutes of well-constructed cacophony on new single, “Fall of All Creatures.”
KILL SCREEN 044: JOHN ROMERO Gives Us a Little of the Old Ultra-Violence
August 28, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The icon of sin shares his past, present and future as a metal lifer.
Scoot Von Stickleback (Doom, Extinction of Mankind) Talks Four Decades of Punk and Metal that Lead to His New Band RETSU
August 23, 2024 Neill Jameson
Decibel favorite Scoot discusses is new band Retsu and the U.K. underground hero’s never-ending enthusiasm for noisy hardcore punk.
Video Premiere: Insurrection – “The Gathering”
August 22, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Quebec death metallers Insurrection just dropped a video for “The Gathering,” the first banger from their upcoming album Obsolescence, out September 13. Hear it here!
Track Premiere: QAALM – “Heaven and Hell” (Black Sabbath Cover)
August 6, 2024 Emily Bellino
Stream QAALM‘s cover of the Black Sabbath classic, “Heaven and Hell.”
Interview: Absorb Keep it Abysmal on New EP ‘Smog’
July 29, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hamilton, Ontario’s death/doom outfit Absorb on death, doom and promise of new material so soon after the release of their crushing new EP, Smog.
Album Premiere: Horseburner – ‘Voice of Storms’
June 19, 2024 Tim Mudd
Intense storytelling, technical prowess, and sheer energy are the hallmarks of Horseburner. Hear the sludge, doom and progressive metal of Voice of Storms.
Album Premiere: Red Rot – “Borders of Mania”
May 9, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Red Rot, the project of Luciano Lorusso George and Davide Tiso, formerly of Ephel Duath, present their sophomore record, Borders of Mania, a day before it releases to the world via Hammerheart Records.
Album Premiere: To End It All – “Of Blood And Memory”
April 18, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Seattle-based doom lords To End It All are back with a new album, Of Blood and Memory out tomorrow (April 19), but you can hear it and get super sad with us now.
Album Stream: Uttertomb – ‘Nebulas of Self-Desecration’
April 17, 2024 Tim Mudd
For doom/death metal putrefaction fans, Nebulas of Self-Desecration is a must-listen. Lucky for you, we have Uttertomb‘s new LP here.
Video Premiere: Sinistro – “Pontas Soltas”
March 6, 2024 Tim Mudd
Get an early taste of Portuguese doom mongers Sinistro with the debut track from Vértice—their Alma Mater Records debut—due in September.
Video Premiere: Hibernaut – “Lantern Eyed”
February 19, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Salt Lake City crushers Hibernaut reveal an appropriately epic video from last year’s Ingress LP.
Video Premiere: Castle Rat – “Cry For Me”
February 13, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
NYC psych doom cult Castle Rat take us to another realm where the Rat Queen battles the Rat Reaperess in new video for “Cry For Me.”
Interview: Lord Dying on Expanding the Storyline and Keeping it Heavy
January 31, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
We caught up with Lord Dying guitarist/vocalist Erik Olson to discuss the sludgemongers’ continued legacy via new LP Clandestine Transcendence.
Track Premiere: Altar of Betelgeuze – “Conclusion”
January 31, 2024 Sean Frasier
Finnish death/doom trio Altar of Betelgeuze return with their first new track in 7 years. Their 3rd album Echoes roars to life in March.
Full Album Stream: Unsouling – “Vampiric Spiritual Drain”
January 24, 2024 J. Andrew
Start your day off in the bleakest way possible with the new album from Unsouling, combining elements of black, death and inescapable doom.
Album Premiere: GUHTS – “Regeneration”
January 24, 2024 Sean Frasier
NYC doom sect GUHTS sound darker than ever on their powerful debut LP from Seeing Red Records and New Heavy Sounds, “Regeneration.”
Craneium – ‘One Thousand Sighs’
January 22, 2024 Emily Bellino
Finnish stoner rockers Craneium dream of a planet beyond Earth on new single “One Thousand Sighs.”
Track Premiere: Witnesses – “Joy (Beyond the Sound of My Voice)”
January 17, 2024 Sean Frasier
NYC project Witnesses returns with a new track of widescreen cinematic doom entitled “Joy (Beyond the Sound of My Voice).”
Full Album Stream: Music in Low Frequencies – ‘Catharsis’
December 7, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Portuguese death-doom trio Music in Low Frequencies exorcise their personal demons on new full-length Catharsis
Full Album Stream: Unmothered – “Corridors”
December 6, 2023 J. Andrew
Extreme noise rockers Unmothered weave through Corridors before its official release on December 8
Track by Track: Demons of Noon – “Death Machine”
November 28, 2023 Sean Frasier
Venture into Death Machine with New Zealand doom cult Demons of Noon with a track by track deep-dive of the album’s darkest themes.
Album Premiere: Mourn the Light / Ice Howl / High Priest / Archdruid
November 22, 2023 Sean Frasier
Mourn the Light, Ice Howl, High Priest and Archdruid join forces on a split gleaming with heavy metal sorcery.
Track Premiere: Fawn Limbs & Nadja – “Cascading Entropy”
November 9, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Hear ruthlessly chaotic, grindy mathcore beasts Fawn Limbs team with noisy experimental ambient duo Nadja to melt minds on “Cascading Entropy”