Chicago blackened sludge/doom trio Lord Mantis’ sophomore album, Pervertor, was one of Stereogum’s favorite metal records of 2012. Last year, the band contributed to one of the most intense live shows I saw in 2013, when they opened for the great American black metal duo Cobalt on that band’s truncated North America...

Brighton sludge rockers Death Ape Disco have released their first video and it's full of headbanging and hot lava! Come inside to check it out.

I don’t know where the Portland sludge-rockers Red Fang found the budget to make an amazing and funny video for their pounding “Blood Like Cream,” from their new album Whales And Leeches, but god bless them for it. The video features the following things: Fred Armisen, a zombie horde, copious beer consumption, and e...

Sludge heavyweights Crowbar will be coming to the UK next year!

Atlanta sludge-metal outfit Mastodon have some new merch for sale, including a Thanksgiving t-shirt that some are claiming is racist. The tee highlights the atrocities of American colonialism by depicting a pilgrim holding a musket to the head of a scantily clad Native American woman. As Pitchfork points out, Mastodon have responded to criticism...