UK melodic sludge/doom/post-metal quartet Oolith released their debut album »By Ways Unknown«; available now on all major streaming platforms!

Manchester, UK based melodic sludge/doom/post-metal quartet Oolith stream their debut album, »By Ways Unknown«, which was just released on March 4th, 2026.

»By Ways Unknown« is available now on all major streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. Small Boats
02. Atrocity Relic
03. Fortress
04. This Earth Alone

Oolith are a 4-piece melodic sludge doom band from Manchester, UK. Combining slow burn emotion with slabs of downtempo heaviness, each track is an evolving journey through both darkness and light. Fans of Yob, Thou, and the like, pay heed.

Words & music by Tom Parkin.
Arranged by Oolith.
Recorded & mixed by Dec Pearson at Colossus Studios, Bolton.
Mastered by Chris Fielding.

Cover artwork adapted from “Are you ill, dear North Wind” (1919) by Jessie Willcox Smith, under creative commons.
Cover design by Sam Coltart and Oolith.

Oolith is:
Tom Parkin – Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Mike Kelly – Lead Guitar & Drone Synth
Charlotte Prescott – Bass
Katy Brown – Drums & Screams

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well