Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
Latest blackened sludge metal tracks
Subterraen - Poisoned Waters
No Clean SingingFollow “(We present another one of Dan Barkasi‘s monthly collections of reviews and recommended music, taking stock of 8 records that…” on May 14th →
Ghorot - Dredge
Heavy Blog Is HeavyFollow “Doomsday - surprise, the albums this month go slow, they go low, and the go loud. Shocker, right? Seriously though,…” on Oct 31st, 2023 →
Noctomb - Zombie Fungus
No Clean SingingFollow “I woke up at 2:30 a.m. this morning. No fucking idea why. I was wiped out last night and fell…” on Aug 26th, 2023 →
Ghorot - Dead Gods
The ObeliskFollow “You’ll forgive me if I’m late posting these Ghorot tour dates. The Boise-based deathbringers will issue their second album, titled…” on Aug 17th, 2023 →
Lord Mantis - Demonic Transference
Machine MusicFollow “Hey! Barely Hanging on! YEAH! keep safe. And much thanks to all Patreon people. Huge promise will send way too…” on Jul 9th, 2022 →
Take Over And Destroy - Anything Else
Consequence of SoundFollow “Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence writers Joseph Schafer and Langdon Hickman. The focus is on noteworthy…” on Jun 25th, 2021 →
Venus Star - Witch Gaze
I Like My Metal BlackFollow “venus star [finland] // doomy black metal. “witch gaze” is from the album “calling all lokas”, released via terratur possessions…” on Nov 19th, 2020 →
Baerus - Denial
No Clean SingingFollow “Avernal (Andy Synn wrote the following six brief reviews, and of course speaks solely for himself in the first sentence…” on Sep 11th, 2020 →
Black Royal - Pagan Saviour
No Clean SingingFollow “(Andy Synn reviews the new album by Finland’s Black Royal, which was released by Suicide Records on February 14th.) Maybe…” on Feb 26th, 2020 →
Forest Of Tygers - The Lie of Long Life
Everything Is NoiseFollow “‘Anxiety and energy. Dread and catharsis. Tension and release.‘ I asked Jim Valosik of Forest of Tygers what he hoped…” on Jan 6th, 2020 →
LORD MANTIS - Santa Muerte
BrooklynVeganFollow “All the metal we posted on BV this week, including Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Blood Incantation, Obsequiae, Lord Mantis, Necrowretch,…” on Nov 22nd, 2019 →
LORD MANTIS - Damocles Falls
No Clean SingingFollow “It’s been another messed-up week for yours truly. My usual routines have been flipped upside-down by events in my personal…” on Oct 19th, 2019 →
Slugdge - The Spectral Burrows
No Clean SingingFollow “Well, my fine feathered fiends, here we go again: For the 10th straight year we present our list of the…” on Jan 8th, 2019 →
Slugdge - Putrid Fairytale
Invisible OrangesFollow “Michael Siebert's top metal albums of 2018, featuring Puce Mary, Portal, Jesus Piece, and more. Continue reading…” on Dec 17th, 2018 →
Witching - False Martyr
Decibel MagazineFollow “You might remember blackened doom outfit Witching from their Demo:listen feature. The group have accomplished quite a bit in the…” on Sep 27th, 2018 →
The Lion's Daughter - Die Into Us
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Photos by Josh Rowan Future Cult, the latest album by St. Louis trio The Lion’s Daughter, is the kind of…” on Jul 25th, 2018 →
Slugdge - Salt Thrower
No Clean SingingFollow “(Here’s another edition of Andy Synn’s Saturday interview series in which the subject is metal lyrics.) Unless you’ve been living…” on Apr 28th, 2018 →
Slugdge - Crop Killer
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Bands that have “gimmicks” tend to be an easy sell to fans. A gimmick offers an element of spectacle in…” on Mar 15th, 2018 →
Slugdge - Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms
Invisible OrangesFollow “How the space-slug themed band build on the tradition of GWAR, Dethklok, and Cannabis Corpse Continue reading…” on Aug 23rd, 2017 →