Retrospective: Baroness – Red Album
Following the release of Gold & Grey we revisit where it all began with Baroness’ Red Album.
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Review: Baroness – Gold & Grey
The band expand their sound as they add the final colours to their series of themed albums.
A Fire Within the Splendour: Introducing the Instrumental Majesty of Mairu
Operating at an intersection between ambient music and sludge, post-metal newcomers Mairu are an enticing proposition.
Introducing the Sludgy Death’N’Roll Horror of Video Nasties
Melodeath meets sludge meets black’n’roll in the music of these Scouse oddballs
Review: Primitive Man – Steel Casket
Denver filthmongers Primitive Man prove they’re as effective at noise as they are sludge.
Review: The Progerians – Crush The Wise Men Who Will Not Submit
A heady and heavy mix of punk and sludge to grab you by the neck.
Ghosts of a Dead Empire: A Farewell to SubRosa
A heartfelt goodbye to one of doom’s most unique practitioners.
Review: Ba’al – Reverence
Ba’al return with a new vocalist and a broad set of influences on their mesmerising new EP.
Forest Child: An Insight into the Wacky Metal and Bizarre Mythology of Troll Mother
Discussing trolls, spaceships and Britney Spears in a Lord of the Rings-themed pub.
Frantic Noise and Tortured Psyches: An Exploration of the World’s Heaviest Sludge
We’ve burrowed deep into the tortured cries and thunderous fuzz to bring you the best and most unfathomably intense sludge out there.
Review: Kurokuma – Sheffield’s Best Metal Bands, Vol. 1
Sludge, tribalism, psychedelia, electronic music and Jamiroquai covers from Sheffield’s self-appointed scene leaders.
Review: Big|Brave – A Gaze Among Them
Canadian trio Big|Brave unleash their fourth monstrous full-length of intense, noise-laden drone rock.
Festival Preview: Ones To Watch at Desertfest London 2019
The ten acts we’re most excited to catch at this year’s Desertfest London.
Review: Pound – ••
It’s mathcore, it’s grind, it’s sludge, it’s d-beat and it’s hardcore, but most of all it’s a rollicking good time.
Review: Ruff Majik – Tårn
A bewitching album built on the foundations of good songwriting, otherworldly vocals, loose grooves and a fuzz dial turned up to eleven, Tårn is well worth any doom fans’ time.
Review: Helms Alee – Noctiluca
Softer and stranger: we review the new LP from psych-sludgers Helms Alee.
