Various, Thou, The Obsessed, High Reeper, Matt Pike, Spirit Adrift, Green Lung, Whores., Tony Reed, Haunt, Zakk Sabbath

Vol. 4 (Redux)

2020 · Doom Metal · Magnetic Eye Records

Worldwide · MER-075

Credits

One record at a time, and the reason for each step.

Louisiana Sludge

Black Sabbath slowed below the speed limit, soaked in Gulf humidity, feedback and cheap bourbon — five bands, one phone book.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.

Bandung Rock & Metal

Indonesia's band city: a DIY underground so big that metal t-shirts are municipal dress code.