This feature is dedicated to all bands out there that are still unsigned – intentionally or not on purpose – investing their time after work, hard earned money for the musical equipment and all the creativity into the making of music for us the listeners. This is NO BEST OF nor is it a COMPLETE LIST of doom, stoner and sludge albums that have been released in 2015. It is a collection of releases that made their way to us via e-mail, physical shipping or word of mouth. Special Thanks go out to Steve Woodier (Grip Of Delusion Radio) and Mike Wiener (German Doom Metal Forum) for their help putting this together.
AKASAVA “Strange Aeons” – Listen
Heavy psych/doom inspired by the dark side of the 60's and 70's, lovecraftian madness, Jean Rollin and Jess Franco movies.
Heavy psych/doom inspired by the dark side of the 60's and 70's, lovecraftian madness, Jean Rollin and Jess Franco movies.
ALL THEM WITCHES “A Sweet Release” – Listen
As the EP’s title promises – sweet psych/stoner compositions!
As the EP’s title promises – sweet psych/stoner compositions!
BLACK URN s/t – Listen
Imagine angry zombies crawling off their graves dancing to the slowest Sabbathian and Vitus-like riff worship, serves hacking and slashing interludes as well – gory sludge/doom-core – great!
Imagine angry zombies crawling off their graves dancing to the slowest Sabbathian and Vitus-like riff worship, serves hacking and slashing interludes as well – gory sludge/doom-core – great!
BLUE SNAGGLETOOTH
“The Last Voyage Of Amra” – Listen
Catchy, highquality proto-metal/stoner from Ann Arbor, Michigan
“The Last Voyage Of Amra” – Listen
Catchy, highquality proto-metal/stoner from Ann Arbor, Michigan
CANYON OF THE SKULL s/t – Listen
Like marching through a neverending valley, where death lurks behind every rock.
Like marching through a neverending valley, where death lurks behind every rock.
CASSANDRA “Antumbra” – Listen
Down to the ground tuned Brasilian doom/drone reminiscent of the very early Earth material!
Down to the ground tuned Brasilian doom/drone reminiscent of the very early Earth material!
CLOUDS TASTE SATANIC
“Your Doom Has Come” – Listen
CTS' latest output is less satanic and doomy than you'd expect from the title, serves diversified heavy instrumental music with a clear stoner drive
“Your Doom Has Come” – Listen
CTS' latest output is less satanic and doomy than you'd expect from the title, serves diversified heavy instrumental music with a clear stoner drive
COUNT ABSURDO
“Blizzard Over St. Absurdo” – Listen
More bizarre than the Reverend ever was these crazy Finns inhale metal classics and spew their absurd interpretions out, not less heavy and doomy than the originals – Beware of the absurd count!
“Blizzard Over St. Absurdo” – Listen
More bizarre than the Reverend ever was these crazy Finns inhale metal classics and spew their absurd interpretions out, not less heavy and doomy than the originals – Beware of the absurd count!
DEFENDING THE KINGDOM
“Black Mountain Days” – Listen
Houston based post metal/sludge outfit with a certain stoner feel
“Black Mountain Days” – Listen
Houston based post metal/sludge outfit with a certain stoner feel
FATTURA DELLA MORTE
“Much Grease Much Misery” – Listen
Sidney-based sludgecore with harsh vocals and heavy grooves.
“Much Grease Much Misery” – Listen
Sidney-based sludgecore with harsh vocals and heavy grooves.
FOREST OF LEGEND s/t (Demo) – Listen
EW inspired quality Doom Metal from Virginia with a lot of potential!
EW inspired quality Doom Metal from Virginia with a lot of potential!
FORMING THE VOID “Skyward” – Listen
Doom edged stoner/sludge from Lafayette, L.A. with nice clean vocals.
Doom edged stoner/sludge from Lafayette, L.A. with nice clean vocals.
GENERAL GRIEVOUS “Opression” – Listen
Pleasantly starting but then becoming a harsh vocalized sludge waltz, from Russia!
Pleasantly starting but then becoming a harsh vocalized sludge waltz, from Russia!
GODSLEEP “Thousand Sons Of Sleep” – Listen
Heavy stoner/psych from Athens, comes along with great riffing and whisky soaked southern style vocals.
Heavy stoner/psych from Athens, comes along with great riffing and whisky soaked southern style vocals.
GOWLON
“He Talked To Me Like I Was Real” – Listen
Home-recorded on a cassette-deck sludge/post metal which is definitely worth a listen!
“He Talked To Me Like I Was Real” – Listen
Home-recorded on a cassette-deck sludge/post metal which is definitely worth a listen!
GROGGY “Deep Siberian Sessions” – Listen
Heavy, distorted as hell jamming drone/doom from Omsk on Sibirian Vodka, seemingly.
Heavy, distorted as hell jamming drone/doom from Omsk on Sibirian Vodka, seemingly.
GROGGY “Turtle” – Listen
Same band as above, less Vodka and no drones, instead real songs serving southern blues and stoner rock.
Same band as above, less Vodka and no drones, instead real songs serving southern blues and stoner rock.
HATEURE “Body & Soil” – Listen
Sludge/Doom band from the Phillipines with a heavy bassline and a certain love for reptiles and beetles.
Sludge/Doom band from the Phillipines with a heavy bassline and a certain love for reptiles and beetles.
HEXENJÄGER s/t (Demo) – Listen
Well made traditional doom metal from France reminiscent of Saint Vitus and Co., lyrical themes are witchery and occultism.
Well made traditional doom metal from France reminiscent of Saint Vitus and Co., lyrical themes are witchery and occultism.
HORSE LATITUDES
“Final March / Towards The Light” – Listen
Two rare tracks by these Finnish doom minimalists, playing with two bass guitars!
“Final March / Towards The Light” – Listen
Two rare tracks by these Finnish doom minimalists, playing with two bass guitars!
HUMAN SPRAWL “Meaningless” – Listen
Crusty sludge/doom from Philadelphia
Crusty sludge/doom from Philadelphia
HUNG FROM THE RISING SUN s/t (Demo) – Listen
Toledo based heavy as hell sludge/doom worship!
Toledo based heavy as hell sludge/doom worship!
INWOODS “Mirage” – Listen
Combining the heaviness of doom and stoner with the mindset of bands from the grunge, post rock and early heavy metal.
Combining the heaviness of doom and stoner with the mindset of bands from the grunge, post rock and early heavy metal.
IRON & STONE “Old Man’s Doom” – Listen
Hildesheim based traditional doom metal for reactionary rock'n'roll bastards knowing that Vitus are just punks!
Hildesheim based traditional doom metal for reactionary rock'n'roll bastards knowing that Vitus are just punks!
LIVID “Sint” (Demo) – Listen
MATRIARCH
“Magnumus: The 44th Scribe and Lorde of The Hallucinauts” – Listen
Play Weedeater slower and tune even lower and you have kinda funeral sludge/doom Matriarch from Denver play, nasty stuff!
“Magnumus: The 44th Scribe and Lorde of The Hallucinauts” – Listen
Play Weedeater slower and tune even lower and you have kinda funeral sludge/doom Matriarch from Denver play, nasty stuff!
MIDMOURNER “Adorned In Fear And Error” – Listen
Hate-filled sludge/doom from Birmingham
Hate-filled sludge/doom from Birmingham
MURDER HOLLOW "Titan" – Listen
A titanic debut of the Finnish band MURDER HOLLOW serving slow crushing doom metal with a sludgy death edge – well produced and pleasantly bleak!
NATEM s/t – Listen
Doom/death metal from Hildesheim, Germany, pleasantly enriched with psychedelic and stoner elements without leaving the slow, paved with heavy riffs overall sound.
NEST s/t – Listen
Incrusted doom/death from Lexington
A titanic debut of the Finnish band MURDER HOLLOW serving slow crushing doom metal with a sludgy death edge – well produced and pleasantly bleak!
NATEM s/t – Listen
Doom/death metal from Hildesheim, Germany, pleasantly enriched with psychedelic and stoner elements without leaving the slow, paved with heavy riffs overall sound.
NEST s/t – Listen
Incrusted doom/death from Lexington
MONUMENT OF URNS “Broken” – Listen
NOMAD / WORT s/t (Split) – Listen
NOMADIC RITUALS / TOME s/t (Split) – Listen
OBSIDIAN SEA
"Dreams – Illusions – Obsessions" – Listen
The second album of this Bulgarian Doom Metal band is a real gem of the traditional style of play!
OBSIDIAN SEA
"Dreams – Illusions – Obsessions" – Listen
The second album of this Bulgarian Doom Metal band is a real gem of the traditional style of play!
PISSBOILER “Demo1” – Listen
PLEBEIAN s/t – Listen
SEA WITCH “The Blackened Sea” – Listen
SEVEN SERPENTS s/t – Listen
SHEVER "Panta Rhei" – Listen
“Panta Rhei” shows Swiss shEver on their momentary compositional and instrumental, also vocal climax serving desperate doom/death metal. Comes with Portuguese, English and French lyrics sorrounded by haunting guitar riffs and catchy melodies.
SHEVER "Panta Rhei" – Listen
“Panta Rhei” shows Swiss shEver on their momentary compositional and instrumental, also vocal climax serving desperate doom/death metal. Comes with Portuguese, English and French lyrics sorrounded by haunting guitar riffs and catchy melodies.
SIGNAL s/t – Listen
Jazzy sludged-out instrumental Doom!
Jazzy sludged-out instrumental Doom!
SLOTH. “Slow As Shit” – Listen
SPACE FISTERS “Vol. 1” – Listen
SPACE BONG “Deadwood To Worms” – Listen
Australian hate sludge!!!
Australian hate sludge!!!
SPACEMENT “Ascent To Freedom” – Listen
Greek traditional doom!
Greek traditional doom!
STONE MAGNUM “Single 2015” – Listen
STONED JESUS “The Harvest” – Listen
SUNSTONE s/t – Listen
THE TOWER s/t (Demo) – Listen
High quality traditional doom from Prague, for fans of Pallbearer, Cathedral & Fall Of The Idols!
High quality traditional doom from Prague, for fans of Pallbearer, Cathedral & Fall Of The Idols!
VOID KING “Zep Tepi” – Listen
WELTESSER s/t (Demo) – Listen
These Saint Petersburg sludgists are pretty hungry world eaters (German: Weltesser)!
These Saint Petersburg sludgists are pretty hungry world eaters (German: Weltesser)!
WITCHHELM “Invocations” – Listen
WITCHSKULL “The Vast Electric Dark” – Listen
WRECK "Leviathan" – Listen
German doom/sludge trio putting the genre's trademarks into an experimental, artistic sorrounding, devastating with ear bleeding distortions and maniacal vocals. For fans of Khanate-like sonic violence!
WRECK "Leviathan" – Listen
German doom/sludge trio putting the genre's trademarks into an experimental, artistic sorrounding, devastating with ear bleeding distortions and maniacal vocals. For fans of Khanate-like sonic violence!
WRY “Neophytic Congeries” – Listen
This is unpleasant music, like plague crawling off the abysses of hell.
This is unpleasant music, like plague crawling off the abysses of hell.
