Doom

Video Premiere: -(16)- – ‘Me and the Dog Die Together’

May 5, 2020

Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? The new -(16)- video is! The new -(16)- video is!

Full Album Stream: Cyttorak – ‘Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers’

April 29, 2020

Rhode Island bruisers Cyttorak summon beasts from distant worlds on their new slab of slowerviolence Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers.

Full Album Stream: Lord Vigo – ‘Danse de Noir’

April 8, 2020

German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.

Demo:listen: Deplorable

April 3, 2020

This week’s Demo:listen buckles under the weight of cruel Costa Rican sludge doom punishers Deplorable.

Track Premiere: O Zorn! Explores Side Effect Darkness on “Your Killer”

February 27, 2020

Check out the title track from these non-John Zorn worshipping doomsters’ new album, “Your Killer.”

Video Premiere: Beggar – ‘Black Cloud’

January 27, 2020

Prepare your ears: Beggar are the heaviest stoner band you’ve ever heard.

Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Doomed to Fail’ and an Interview With Author JJ Anselmi

January 16, 2020

Read our interview with Doomed to Fail author JJ Anselmi as well as an exclusive excerpt from the book.

Full Album Stream: SEA – ‘Impermanence’

January 15, 2020

Boston doomgaze project SEA match funereal heaviness with elemental poetry on their stunning and heart-rending debut LP Impermanence.

Track Premiere: Smoulder – “Warrior Witch of Hel”

January 14, 2020

Epic Canadian doomsters Smoulder will soon release Dream Quest Ends, the follow up EP to last year’s acclaimed debut full length. Hear this exclusive track premier for an idea of what looms on the horizon.

My Dying Bride Returns on “Your Broken Shore”

January 3, 2020

The high priests of beautiful gloom and sorrow have returned to offer their latest sermon. Check out My Dying Bride‘s “Your Broken Shore” here.

Track Premiere: Snorlax – “Encapsulated Apocalypse”

January 1, 2020

Don’t sleep on former Decibel demo faves Snorlax. Hear their new song “Encapsulated Apocalypse”

Full Album Stream: Solace — “The Brink”

December 11, 2019

New Jersey doom n’ rollers Solace channel a career of hard luck into a scorching comeback record.

Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’

November 26, 2019

It’s okay to celebrate the release day of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost with this exclusive excerpt from Decibel‘s limited edition hardcover book.

Track Premiere: Evadne – “Colossal”

November 20, 2019

Spanish doom-death gloomcasters Evadne unveil “Colossal” from the band’s titanic upcoming Dethroned of our Souls compilation.

Track Premiere: Domkraft — “Where We Part Ways” (Featuring Mark Lanegan)

November 13, 2019

Swedish psych-doom trio Domkraft teams up with living legend Mark Lanegan to blow a riff-sized hole in your doors of perception.

Video Premiere: Vessel of Light – ‘Meat and Bone’

October 30, 2019

Jersey doom crew Vessel of Light‘s razor-sharp doom attack cuts through meat and bone.

Runemagick Opens the Dead Gates

October 4, 2019

The Swedish masters of slow, plodding and crushing death-doom return with “The Opening of Dead Gates” off their new album due out on October 25.

10 Great Albums for Autumn

September 20, 2019

Enter an eternal autumn of moors and misty fields, walk through blackwater parks of rain without end, and look to the October rust as night shades descend.

Track Premiere: Witch Mountain – ‘Priceless Pain’

September 20, 2019

Portland’s Witch Mountain doom cult premiere their brand new banger, “Priceless Pain.”

Demo:listen: Turin Horse

September 20, 2019

This week Demo:listen introduces our readers to enigmatic German black doom sludgesmiths Turin Horse.

Video Premiere: Glacier – “O World! I Remain No Longer Here.”

September 11, 2019

Boston doom quintet Glacier bring their heavy post-metal freeze to a sweltering temple in their video for album opener “O World! I Remain No Longer Here.”

Full Album Stream: Crypt Sermon – ‘The Ruins of Fading Light’

September 3, 2019

Hear Crypt Sermon‘s four-years-in-the-making doom metal juggernaut The Ruins of Fading Light in full.

Track Premiere: Cain – ‘Crucify’

August 30, 2019

Don’t “crucify” yourself for sleeping on cult doom heroes Cain when they were around in early ’90s. Rise Above has you covered with an essential new reissue.

Track Premiere: Workshed – ‘Safety Behaviours’

August 30, 2019

Hear ex-Cathedral members Adam Lehan and Mark Ramsay Wharton resurface in crushing new doom band.

Track Premiere: Vokonis – “AntlerQueen”

August 28, 2019

Swedish psychedelic spellcasters Vokonis worship at the riff-adorned throne of the “AntlerQueen.”

Lyric Video Premiere: WRVTH- “Furrows of a Dying Tree”

August 23, 2019

On their new song and album, WRVTH moves away from the tech and into the haze of atmospheric black metal, doom and post-rock.