FRIDAY FREEBIE – URZAH

URZAH – A TRANQUIL VOID Urzah released their highly anticipated sophomore full-length ‘A Tranquil Void’ on APF Records 5th June 2026. The record marked a defining moment for the band, following up their critically acclaimed debut ‘A Scorching Gaze’ with an even more assured, mature and ambitious full-length. Conceptually, ‘The Scorching Gaze’ and ‘A Tranquil […]

FRIDAY FREEBIE – BIRDS OF VALE

BIRDS OF VALE – DIMENSIONS From Athens, Greece, quartet Birds of Vale released their sophomore album “Dimensions” just this April, and it’s a bluesy, psychedelic, stoner rock scorcher of an album, coming in at #38 on the April Doom Charts! The band take you on a colorful, electrifying trip across 8 tracks of sublime riffs, […]

FRIDAY FREEBIE – NOVEMBER FIRE

NOVEMBER FIRE – ABIGAIL New England dark sludge band November Fire is back with “Abigail”, their first single off their upcoming album “Doom Blues”, coming in the Fall of 2026. Recorded and produced by the band in basements and cars around New England, “Abigail” is also the inspiration for the start of their “Fireverse”, and […]

DOOM CHARTS PERORATION – MAY 2026

“Ride the dragon toward the crimson eyeFlap the wings under Mars red skyThe reptile pushes itself out into spaceLeaving behind, the human race Swim inside the solar seasThe Doom Charts cry out to mePassing where I’ve gone beforeI fly through the crimson door” ~ probably misheard Sleep lyrics The middle of the year is in […]

DOOM CHARTS – MAY 2026

“…Are You Simply Stating That This Is a Morning to Be DOOMED on?” ~ probably misheard words by Gandalf April was a blur and May is somehow already in the rearview, chock full of new releases to start the mid-year onslaught of music. A glance at the top of this month’s charts is a who’s-who […]

FRIDAY FREEBIE – SPLENDIDULA

SPLENDIDULA – ABSENTIA It’s Friday… The best day of the week? Surely, it must be when there’s new music coming at you from all directions! How about a Friday Freebie in that case! Sludge, doom, black metal and all those atmospheric passages that bring you this powerful, cold and harrowing journey through a landscape filled […]

DOOM CHARTS – APRIL 2026

“Hello, Doom Charts, my old friendI’ve come to talk with you again…” ~ probably misheard lyrics by Simon & Garfunkel Wow, that felt like an extremely short month! And once again chockfull with amazing releases. So many, that the forty below only begin to scratch the surface of the Heavy Underground. No less than 211 […]

FRIDAY FREEBIE – VAN GROOVER

VAN GROOVER – BACK TO THE SHOP When the news broke that these fun cats decided to stop the van and stop the groove, I was all sorts of sad! But when the news broke they would continue on again! Well, euphoria all over! Tour dates for all the lucky Germans are already on their […]

FRIDAY FREEBIE – WOLFNAUT

WOLFNAUT – III Were you one of the lucky ones that got to grab a code for that majestic WOLFNAUT album Return Of The Asteroid? We hope so… If not… Get fast and loud with WOLFNAUT‘s earlier album III! That’s right, another Friday Freebie brought to courtesy of those good ol’ boys from Norway! Out […]

FRIDAY FREEBIE – OMBRÉE

OMBRÉE – CALVAIRE Another Friday Freebie coming at ya from OMBRÉE! An experimental and avant-garde droning experience that lends noise from black metal and becomes this ritualistic static that will surely strike fear and doubt in the hearts of the most optimistic. Not a springtime album, for the grief-soaked drift will put shrouds of grey […]