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The Mound Builders – The Mound Builders
It's been a couple years since The Mound Builders' last release, but their split LP with Pale Horseman left a good impression in me,...
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Corrosion of Conformity – No Cross No Crown
While being recognized as a pioneer in a genre of music is no small feat, Corrosion of Conformity have managed to deserve this distinction twice in...
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Bevar Sea – Invoke the Bizarre
Back with their second album after three years of touring and writing, India's Bevar Sea deliver a blend of doom with clear influence from...
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Hombre Malo – Persisten Murmur Of Words Or Wrath
Like every genre, sludge is a bit of an umbrella term now, as it has been used to describe bands at diverse as Eyehategod,...
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Dementia Senex – Heartworm
Dementia Senex are a band from Italy that mix elements of sludge, death metal, and post-hardcore. Heartworm is the band’s debut release, and despite...
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Cokegoat – Vessel
I feel like atmospheric sludge went into a slump almost as soon as it started to blossom. There are groups like Isis, who can...
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Nux Vomica – Nux Vomica
Some bands are content with finding their niche and spending their entire careers in it. They might write the same song every time, but...
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Nothing – Guilty of Everything
It's hard to know who to blame for this past decade's flood of metal/shoegaze crossover, but when the music is as good as it...
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Indian – From All Purity
In terms of music that sounds absolutely hateful, sludge metal is the scene you can always count on to keep pushing the envelope. Whether...
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Altar of Betelgeuze – Darkness Sustains the Silence
The aspect of doom and sludge metal that's always drawn me into it is the fact that there aren't very many rules as to...
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The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...