More often than not, whenever I envision some sludge metal I always think of the most intense variety from the likes of what Lord Dying seems to be moving away from to the powerhouse of Eremit with their utterly monolithic … Continue reading Grim Earth – In the Throes of Madness
There are few concoctions across the world of metal that are as deserving of more love and exploration than the very intense crossing of sludge and post-metal. If you’re even somewhat familiar with both of those sounds, it becomes almost … Continue reading Le Monde Par Le Feu – À Néant
Many sections of doom and rock music have found their homes in the desert for all that the sands and scorched rock can offer the style with all sorts of sonic territory being covered by both styles, but it’s always … Continue reading Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth
A crushing, uncompromising heaviness is something that virtually every single death metal band strives for in some form or another, but it’s difficult to execute it with the right kind of power to actually do it all justice. It’s not … Continue reading Dagtum – Revered Decadence
The definition of a real sludge metal experience varies from one person to another with everyone having their own circumstances that have to be met in order to achieve something that demands to be heard. For me, it changes all … Continue reading Seum – Winterized
It’s the world of sludge that I don’t think that I can get enough of. Just the overall grit of everything that encapsulates the style is so much of what I love about my metal with how nasty it always … Continue reading TarLung – Architect
A band coming into their own is a situation that always must be celebrated if you ask me. There are very few things more satisfying with music than when you stick with the band and they slowly, or quickly sometimes, … Continue reading Oryx – Lamenting A Dead World
Disoritentation is often a trait that is viewed under two completely different points of view where it can elevate a recording into a cerebral experience that is downright bewildering or it quickly makes the material in question an absolute mess … Continue reading Yautja – The Lurch
It is not an uncommon thing for many of us to want to compare some decidedly heavy music to that of nuclear fallout for many different reasons, but it’s not terribly often whatsoever that we actually do get an album … Continue reading 71TONMAN – War Is Peace // Peace Is Slavery
True heaviness is something that cannot be denied for when it’s done right, it is truly something else entirely to behold. Doom is one of the best vessels to bring such a vicious intensity to our ears with its classic … Continue reading Ommnus – A Single Green Light
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