(((O))) Tag: Sludge

Tuskar, Calligram, Ungraven at The Black Heart, 14–15 October

In a world without live music Owen Coggins was lucky enough to see back-to-back gigs by Tuskar – one live, the other livestream – in an autumnal double-header at the Black Heart.

Novarupta – Marine Snow

Marine Snow is a magnificent achievement and a wonderful post-metal album which stands with the finest in the genre. It is great to know there are two further albums to come in this series and it is shaping up to be something extremely special.

Eleanora – Mere

Eleanora has created a stunning second album which builds on the greatness of the debut and adds further layers of sludge, post-hardcore and more.

Video Premiere: Novarupta – ‘Every Shade of Water’

Named after one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 20th Century, this November, Alex Stjernfeldt’s Novarupta will again join forces with Suicide Records for the release of Marine Snow; the second instalment in a series of four albums that concept …

Haq123 – 4

Further refines their attack into a protean pre-teen metal that feels confident in itself and open to all possibilities.

Mercedes Lander from The White Swan

Gavin Brown had a chat with drummer/vocalist Mercedes Lander from The White Swan to hear all about their new EP Nocturnal Transmission and everything The White Swan.

Raging Speedhorn – Hard to Kill

The line-up adjusted Raging Speedhorn prove they’re still sludging it large with a no nonsense, straight to the point ferocious sixth album.

Bryan Elkins from Twin God (+ Exclusive Album Stream)

Gavin Brown caught up with Twin God’s Bryan Elkins to get an insight into their new EP ‘Deaths’ and its creation as well as the history of Twin God and their musical progression, and much more.

Under the Influence with Pothamus

Raya is the debut album by sludge/post-rock band Pothamus, which is a 50-minutes long concept album focusing on a band that is searching for their own stories. “Respecting the intangible, we puzzled existing myths and ideas until new meanings emerged”, …

Hymn – Breach Us

Meditative gargantuan riff metal. Like being hit by a glacier.

Bosphorus – Slow Burn

Glasgow is finally back on the post-metal map and it is familiar faces doing the work without distributing the corpse of their previous efforts.

Des Kensel (Ex-High On Fire)

Gavin Brown had the chance to talk to Des Kensel about his career with High On Fire and the highlights of his time with the band as well as his pre High On Fire musical history and what the future holds for him.

Billy Anderson

Gavin Brown had the privilege to talk with legendary producer/engineer Billy Anderson about his storied career in music, including tales of working on some iconic albums, his own bands and what he is working on at the moment in an insightful and fascinating chat with one of the finest music producers out there.

Cornelius Althammer from Ahab

Gavin Brown caught up with Ahab drummer Cornelius Althammer to hear all about their new live album ‘Live Prey’ as well as the status of the band’s follow up to their last album The Boats Of The Glen Carrig, memories from the bands early days and how the bands last live shows went.

Svärd – The Rift

A promising new project featuring members of Ahab and In Mourning, Svärd offer up a psych-tinged stoner doom EP in the shape of The Rift, and the tantalising promise of more to come.

Ohhms – Close

This album is more autobiographical than Ohhms’ previous efforts – but it speaks to anyone who is infuriated with selfishness, stupidity and a general lack of empathy. And it still gloriously heavy.

Lovely Wife – Best In Show

This is a damned fine sludge/doom/drone record, and inarguably one of Lovely Wife’s best.

Wren – Groundswells

Wren have made huge leaps from its debut album and this is some stunning dark and heavy post-metal.

Exclusive Album Premiere: Sloath – III

  Sloath | Facebook | Bandcamp Six long years after the release of their, some might say classic sophomore album Deep Mountain, the world’s most reclusive sludge rockers Sloath return with their imaginatively titled third album lll. III is co …

-(16)- – Dream Squasher

Dream Squasher is yet another fantastic addition to the band’s already significant discography and further cements -(16)-’s pedigree as one of the best sludge bands on the planet right now.

Sloath – Sloath III

Weighty enough for the amplifier worshippers, with hidden depths for the curious, Sloath III comes highly recommended.

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