Review: Ashbreather – Hivemind
Mad scientists splice their brains with an extraterrestrial insect hivemind in Ashbreather’s sludgy, narrative-driven sophomore
Review: Huracan – We Are Very Happy
Belgian rockers proclaim that the beatings will continue until morale improves.
Review: Ahasver – Causa Sui
A brilliant debut with a confident sound and a bulldozing sense of purpose.
Review: Christ the Bait – Idolatrosities
GET READY TO GET ANGRY
Review: KRZTA – ŻÓŁĆ.NISZCZENIE.ZGLISZCZE
The heaviest album of 2021.
Review: Terminus – The Silent Bell Toll
Out of the swamplands of thick sludge and angry rednecks, we now stumble upon… pop sludge? What? Did someone dump a sugar truck in my swamp or something?
Review: Erdve – Savigaila
A mixed bag of the most furious metallic hardcore this side of End… alongside a bunch of immersive psychedelic filler.
Review: URNE – SERPENT & SPIRIT
An absolute sludge metal riff factory with shades of thrash and hardcore.
Review: Papangu – Holoceno
An incredibly musically ambitious album that is executed as well as it is envisioned. 7 years in the making, Holoceno combines progressive sludge metal with elements of avant garde and zeuhl.
Review: Boss Keloid – Family The Smiling Thrush
An excellent and multifaceted album that blends together psychedelic stoner metal, sludge, and prog rock for a heavy, groovy, uniquely uplifting trip.