sludge metal
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Peace, Love, and GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE by Stone Titan Connecticut sludge/noise outfit Stone Titan has followed up their recently released full-length debut with a new EP of tracks that you can stream via the widget above. It’s heavy, feedback-filled, and in your fucking face.
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New Zealand death metal perfectionists Ulcerate have a new single streaming via the widget above, and a new album on the way via Relapse records. The title: Vermis. Currently, the release date sits at September 17th, and “Confronting Entropy” shows the band continuing to explore their dense, impenetrable sound. Catch
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Stream: High On Fire- De Vermis Mysteriis The new High On Fire album won’t officially be out until next week, but you can experience the heavy, crushing guitars and Matt Pike’s relentless vocals right now through the NPR Music stream linked above. Enjoy responsibly. More volume, more results.
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Some intense vocals and riffs from this track on the new Oathbreaker album, Mælstrøm. It’s out now on Deathwish. These guys have a pretty solid take on sludge metal. I’m not gonna sit here and act like it’s the most thrilling sludge to come out in years,
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Icelandic metal band Sólstafir released a new two-disc record titled Svartir Sandar on Seasons of Mist two weeks ago, and I can’t believe I almost missed it. They’ve got a really heavy and open atmosphere surrounding their music. The tunes here really build slowly and subtly, and I’
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Swamp Witch is a sludge metal outfit that’s just released a three-track EP titled Gnosis. The presentation is a little rough around the edges. I wouldn’t go as far as to call this album a demo–it’s a little too heavy to simply be that that–but
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Out via Relapse, here’s a track from the new Hail!Hornet album, Disperse the Curse. This North Carolina sludge metal outfit features Birds of Prey’s Erik Larson on guitar and Buzzov•en’s “Dixie” Dave Collins on bass and vocals. You also might have caught another Colins-fronted band
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Via NPR Music, it’s a live video of the Body performing its crushing brand of sludge metal with the Assembly Of Light Choir In Concert, which made an appearance on the duo’s 2010 album All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood. Last year, the album had
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I’ve been into this Baton Rouge sludge metal band ever since NPR Music turned me on to their Summit LP last year. I even gave it a pretty positive review. Well, since I first heard these guys, I’ve been convinced that they’re one of the grimiest and
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Chicago’s Indian just dropped their fourth LP on Relapse Recs. Guiltless takes hints from doom and sludge, yes, but the vocals on this thing call out to the frostbitten sounds of black metal. The riffs on this thing are pretty massive as well.
