It’s ironic that doom metal has only recently become the new post-black-metal, considering the subgenre’s roots trace directly back to Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut. Bands like Sweden’s Monolord carry the torch for a more traditionalist take on the stoner and sludge end of the spectrum, in contrast to boundary-pushing…

Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…