atmospheric sludge metal

Man In The Woods sign with Argonauta Records and announce new album “Badlands”

With a crushing soundtrack that often blurs the lines between stoner rock, sludge, doom metal and grunge elements, Man In The Woods transport their listeners to dystopian dark new worlds. Fusing together their critically acclaimed, 2018 debut “Badlands Part One” with the band’s much anticipated successor “Badlands Part Two”, the four-piece has inked a worldwide deal with Argonauta Records for the release of “Badlands” in its entirety!

Celeste to release new studio album “Assassine(s)” on January 28th 2022

They are a band known for crossing borders, overstepping genre taboos and keeping the (metal) world in suspense. Today, French avantgarde black metallers Celeste take their immersive experience one step closer to the edge: January 28th, 2022, will see the release of the band’s new LP “Assassine(s)”, produced by Chris Edrich (Gojira, Tesseract, The Ocean, Leprous) - a long awaited follow-up to 2017’s “Infidèle(s)”.

Underoath announces Digital Ghost Cinematic Concert on December 3rd 2021

Metal innovators, Underoath, have announced they will be performing their highly anticipated new record “Voyeurist” in its entirety via their Digital Ghost cinematic concert on December 3rd, 2021, in partnership with Moment House. The Digital Ghost event will continue to push further down the path the band blazed in the digital performance space last year with their groundbreaking Observatory event.

Cult Of Luna to release new studio album “The Long Road North” on February 11th 2022

Cult Of Luna have announced their new full-length album, “The Long Road North”, set for release on February 11th, 2022, via Metal Blade Records. The album marks as a follow-up to this years “The Raging River” EP, and prove that for over two decades, Cult Of Luna have forged a sound that has grown incomparable to others - ambitious, epic, visceral, and drenched in emotion.

Pre-orders will begin on December 1st, 2021, here.

So Hideous to release new studio album “None But a Pure Heart Can Sing” on December 3rd 2021

Silent Pendulum Records has announced the December 3rd, 2021, release of “None But a Pure Heart Can Sing”, the new album by So Hideous. It’s the New York City band’s first new album since 2015’s acclaimed “Laurestine”, released on Prosthetic Records.

Celeste announces Spring 2022 European Headlining Tour

There is a red light at the end of the tunnel in this concert deprived time. Having always been an immersive and sensory experience, the shows of French avant-garde black metallers Celeste will be taken to the next level on their upcoming European tour throughout March and April 2022, set to include a UK date at London venue The Dome on March 10th.

Emma Ruth Rundle announces February 2022 European Headlining Tour

Emma Ruth Rundle’s latest single “Blooms of Oblivion” intimately reflects on an experience that was too big for her as a child - “Down at the methadone clinic we waited / hoping to take home your cure / The curdling cowards, the crackle of china / you say that it’s making you pure”, she sings. For anyone that’s endured trauma and grief, there’s a beautiful solace in hearing Rundle articulate and humanise that particular type of pain not only with her words, but with her unique mysterious language of melody and timbre.