sludge metal Tag Archive

BISON “You Are Not The Ocean You Are The Patient” (Pelagic Records 2017)

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Canada’s hairy, heavy-hitting beasties BISON are back! And they’re back as the plain and simple Bison, none of this Bison B.C. nonsense these days, which is nice for all...

IRON MONKEY “9-13” (Relapse Records 2017)

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Disclaimer: this review, as well as this record, are much likely to sweep away your idea of what violence actually sounds like. If you feel ready, then crank the volume up and...

Interview with UFOMAMMUT: “Jamming is the real secret.”

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Twenty years of crafting their sound with mind-crushing riffs and bewitching meanderings have led Italian trio UFOMAMMUT to stand at the forefront of the actual stoner/doom scene....

UFOMAMMUT “8” (Neurot Recordings 2017)

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In the constant search of perfection and improvement of their songcraft, UFOMAMMUT have pushed their creative process one step further. Without reinventing their own sound,...

HANGMAN’S CHAIR / GREENMACHINE Split EP (MusicFearSatan 2017)

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Nearly a year and a half after the release of their majestic fourth album This is not supposed to be positive, Paris doom-mongers HANGMAN’S CHAIR teamed up with...

MASTODON “Emperor Of Sand” (Reprise Records 2017)

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It’s always enriching to dive back into the discography of such an endlessly creative outfit as MASTODON, realizing that they’ve never put out a similar album...

10 absolutely unmissable acts at DESERTFEST LONDON 2017.

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The verdict was incontrovertible among the community after the final announcement was made a few weeks ago: the sixth edition of DESERTFEST LONDON is set to...

HARK “Machinations” (Season Of Mist 2017)

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Led by guitarist and vocalist Jimbob Isaac, Welsh heavy-mongers HARK are like the phoenix. Founded by the charismatic frontman on the hot ashes of noise rock...

DEMONIC DEATH JUDGE “Seaweed” (Suicide Records 2017)

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Seaweed definitely deserved a cool-headed reviewing. Finn heavy-mongers DEMONIC DEATH JUDGE‘s third album was released two months ago, and this is...

YOB + BLACK COBRA + SUNNATA + AU-DESSUS @ Glazart (Paris, 05.10.16)

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If there was one tour likely to make the bowels of the Earth sound out this fall, it undeniably was YOB and BLACK COBRA. Two weapons of sonic mass destruction, to...

Take a breath and feel the smoke: DOPETHRONE are on tour now.

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MTL’s filth merchants DOPETHRONE are gearing up for the second leg of their European and North American tour, starting next week in Germany. If you’re into their...

CONAN + ENDLESS FLOODS @ Void (Bordeaux, 31.07.16)

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Conan: an odyssey into feedback frequencies. Being able to see a band as powerful as CONAN in my home town Bordeaux, it sounded like a fantasy to me… And yet, the...

MANTAR “Ode To The Flame” (Nuclear Blast Records 2016)

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Two fellas from Hamburg kicking the shit harder than any Scandinavian berserker: blackened punks MANTAR just stormed in with their second full-length Ode To The Flame, a...

BLACK TUSK “Pillars Of Ash” (Relapse Records 2016)

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Savannah’s sludge power trio BLACK TUSK just released their first album in five years since the great Set The Dial. Not only Pillars Of Ash marks their first record without...

The third edition of DOOMED GATHERINGS in Paris is set to be über-fucking-epic.

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PARIS IS DOOM!!! The third edition of indoor festival DOOMED GATHERINGS promises a lot of filth and heaviness with a total of twenty doom and sludge acts over three days,...