Tag: Sludge Metal

Slomosa: To Kick Off First Ever North American Headlining Tour

Norway’s sludge-fueled heavy groove titans SLOMOSA will bring their riffs to North American stages later this month! The Breaking Ice Tour 2026 will commence on March 26th at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City and close on May 1st at The Grog Shop in Cleveland. Support will be provided by The Mainliners. The journey marks the band’s first ever…


Crowbar to Join Eyehategod on Second Leg of US Spring Tour

Louisiana metal legends CROWBAR – led by riff lord and vocalist Kirk Windstein with guitarist Matt Brunson, drummer Tommy Buckley, and returning bassist Pat Bruders (Down, ex-Goatwhore) – will join their brethren in Eyehategod for the second leg of their US co-headlining tour this Spring. The journey begins on March 19th in Baton Rouge and runs through…


Tarlung “Axis Mundi” Sludge Doom Releases on Jan 30th

    Band: TARLUNG Album: Axis Mundi Release Date: January 30, 2026 Country: Austria Genre: Sludge Doom Label: Argonauta Records TARLUNG – Bio detailed: TARLUNG was formed in late 2013. After just 6 months the band recorded their self-titled album at DeepDeepPressure Studios and released it before playing a single live show. A series of gigs in Austria and Germany followed,…


Sinister Death: Episode #207

      There is no finer way to close out this year than to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Relapse Records https://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords http://relapserecords.bandcamp.com/ http://x.com/relapserecords http://instagram.com/relapserecords/ http://www.reverbnation.com/label/relapserecords http://www.youtube.com/relapserecords INTRO: DUKATALON – Saved By Fear http://dukatalon.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Dukatalon https://www.instagram.com/dukatalon/ PLAYLIST: Absu – To The Gallows http://absu.bandcamp.com/ http://www.facebook.com/officialabsu https://www.instagram.com/officialabsu/ NUM SKULL – Kiss Me, Kill Me [Split-up] http://numskullmetal.bandcamp.com/…


In The Company Of Serpents ‘A Crack In Everything’ on July 11th

Denver sludge/doom metal alchemists IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS will release their stunning A Crack In Everything full-length on July 11th, today unveiling the record’s first single and preorders. IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS traffics in sonic catharsis. Their music inhabits the strange fringes between sludge metal and sprawling spaghetti western scores, constantly striving for visceral power and raw intensity,…


Clamfight “Brodgar” Single from the May 16th Release

As South New Jersey/Philly-area sludge beasts CLAMFIGHT prepare to self-release their eponymous fourth full-length release in May, MetalSucks is hosting a premiere of the album’s new single, “Brodgar.” Clamfight was recorded by Steve Poponi and Matt Weber at The Gradwell House in Haddon Heights, New Jersey where it was also mixed by Poponi and Dave Downham and mastered…


Radian Announces Spring 2025 Tour Dates – Third LP Nears Completion

Akron, Ohio-based sludge metal merchants in RADIAN have announced a run of tour dates across the Eastern US throughout the Spring months. The melee begins with a trio of April gigs, including a set at Legalize Lex Fest in Lexington, Kentucky. The bulk of the dates run from May 16th through May 27th with the band hitting…


KARLA KVLT: Thunderhunter Releases on Feb 28th

The Sleeping Shaman presents an exclusive stream of Thunderhunter, the debut LP from new German sludge metal/post-rock trio KARLA KVLT, ahead of its release this Friday through Exile On Mainstream Records. KARLA KVLT marks the return of Markus E. Lipka, the driving guitar force behind 1990s German alternative/noise rock heroes Eisenvater. The alternative music scene in the 1990s…


PYRES To Release Long-Awaited YUN Full-Length March 7th Via Hypaethral Records

Canadian sludge/hardcore outfit PYRES will unleash their second full-length, YUN, on March 7th via Hypaethral Records. The record marks the band’s first new output in over a decade and serves as the follow up to their critically lauded Year Of Sleep debut. Formed in 2010, PYRES began as the three-piece collaboration of Andrew Wilson, Devin Lamere, and Matt Sloetjes. Driven by a shared…


RWAKE To Release First New Album In Over 13 Years

After thirteen years of silence, an unsettling sound that is strangely familiar yet somehow even more haunted re-emerges from the Arkansas depths. There is no mistake as to what this is. RWAKE has released a new transmission. The Return Of Magik, set for release on March 14th via Relapse Records, has arrived. Years have now fed into an album…