Tag: Sludge Metal
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Finnish alternative sludge metal outfit Slรผrk have released their new single, Iโll Wait For You On The Ground. The track marks the second release of the year for the Kaustinen-based band, following their September single Wristcutter. Formed in 2024 by musicians from the Kaustinen College of Music, the group blends elements of sludge, alt-groove, and…
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Hungarian sludge, progressive, and stoner metal project Embertears have announced their upcoming full-length album, Songs For The Rain God Pt. 2. Founded in Gyลr in 2021 as a solo venture by Tamรกs โTomโ Gรฉza Albert, the project continues its focus on singular, concept-driven works. The new record builds directly upon the narrative established on 2025โs…
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German sludge outfit Saraksh have released Confinement: Bottom Deep, the second single from their upcoming album Abiram. It follows Forlorn as the band begin unveiling a record that continues the story introduced on their 2023 release, Moloch: refactored. Saraksh formed in 2018 around guitarist and vocalist Severin Mรคker. Their music combines crushing riffs with chants,…
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Lille-based sludge metal quartet Love Sex Machine have released Borrow the Will, the latest single from their forthcoming full-length album, Thriving. Set for release via Pelagic Records, the new track offers another glimpse into the group’s long-standing, uncompromising approach to heavy music. Operating for over a decade, the band has built a reputation on heavy…
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Milan-based solo project Inqvisitor, the brainchild of Cliff Scott, best known for his work in Meursault Omega and Sorrowtale, has surfaced with a new single, The Azoth Ritual, ahead of an upcoming seven-track album titled Sublunar Attunement. Operating out of Vespertine Studios where Scott produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered the entire effort himself, Inqvisitor trades…
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If youโve been paying attention to the German underground over the last decade and a half, youโll know Hamburg trio Shakhtyor don’t do things in a hurry. Formed back in 2009, theyโve spent the best part of sixteen years systematically ignoring the unwritten rules of instrumental doom, throwing black metal outbursts, spacey synth textures, and…
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If you thought UK sludge-doom outfit Sea Bastard were dead and buried, you’d almost have been right. Formed back in 2011, the band dropped their self-titled debut in 2012, followed hot on its heels by 2013โs Scabrous, earned their stripes touring alongside the likes of Primitive Man and Witchsorrow, and then vanished into the void…
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It took them fourteen bloody years and a decade of relentless nagging from their mates, but Swiss heavy outfit Bagheera have finally got around to dragging their sole album onto streaming platforms. Active out of Lausanne between 2009 and 2014, the band was a bit of a localised supergroup, pulling together members from Impure Wilhelmina,…
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Canadian doom/sludge quartet Destroy My Brains have released WILT, the final chapter in their planned five-album W.I.L.T. series. The title refers to Worthless, InsignifiCanโt, Lifeless and Tormented, with the series exploring self-destruction, trauma and the experiences that have shaped the bandโs music. WILT brings the long-running concept to its conclusion. Destroy My Brains formed in…
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Phlefonyaar are set to return with Encyclopaedia Sociopathica, their first full-length album since 2020โs We Rest When The Crows Feast, bringing together doom, death, drone and industrial sludge across their latest collection of dark and abrasive material. The duo of Jim Males and Paul March have been developing Phlefonyaarโs particular brand of heavy music since…