Tag Sludge
The last time I encountered Nagaarum was in 2018, when this one-man ambient experimentalist released “Apples”. To be truthful, I found that one a bit too obscure but was pleased to have the chance to listen to more of Nagaarum’s… Continue Reading →
Even in the world of extreme music it is hard to be innovative. With so many musicians across so many decades how can anyone hope to produce something truly unique? One could point to Stallagg Gulagh and their alleged use (abuse?) of the… Continue Reading →
The third full length release from Brazil’s Jupiterian finds the band exploring ever murkier depths. Formed in 2013, theirs is a seething torrent of sludgy, deathly doom. This is my first experience with this band and “Protosapien” is a powerful… Continue Reading →
This is a completely unknown band to me, I confess, and being told that the duo that makes up Hymn were in Buckaduzz, Tombstones and more recently Sâver doesn’t help because I’ve never heard of them. Hymn are from Norway,… Continue Reading →
Despite having existed as a band for only 8 years and releasing just three full length albums, Primitive Man are a trio that need no introductions. This could be attributed to the whopping eight split releases they have put out… Continue Reading →
Sacred Crimson is the second EP from emerging Black Country stoner metallers King Corpse, following their successful self-titled debut and tours supporting the likes of Conan and Monolord. It’s worth noting that anyone buying a physical copy will get more… Continue Reading →
2020, the year of both pandemic and the metal cover album. Seven months in and we’ve already seen grunge cover albums from both Thou and MANTAR, now comes something a little more unconventional from Virginia’s most devastatingly heavy amalgamation of… Continue Reading →
I don’t know much about Eremit, save for the fact that they are from Germany, they are on the excellent Transcending Obscurity record label, and that their logo features a twist on the classic Conan the Barbarian sword graphic. This… Continue Reading →
In these trying times for music, and especially the underground scene which does not have the reserves of larger labels and a back catalogue to tide them over, it is always heartening to see a new label come forward, and… Continue Reading →
In order to bleaken their sound, Fiasko have done away with samples and electronics and stuck to the basics of experimental sludge, black and post metal. It sounds kind of Polish and it is. Starting like a battle march, “Golem”… Continue Reading →
Sometimes the right album comes along at the right time. It hits the spot, massaging all the right places in your psyche. An aural salve to the cuts and grazes of the real world. Stygian Bough Volume 1 has been… Continue Reading →
Right after I started listening to “Absolution”, I was reminded of a character from Airplane proclaiming, “Looks like I picked the wrong day to give up glue sniffing”. By way of explanation, “Absolution” is four tracks of abject misery and… Continue Reading →