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Sour Milk Theorem is a death/doom metal band from Hollywood, Maryland, formed in 2008, blending the funereal weight of doom metal with death metal's guttural heaviness for a sound steeped in slow-motion dread.
Spectral Voice is a death/doom metal band from Denver, Colorado, formed in 2015, known for crushing slow-motion heaviness and cavernous, sepulchral atmosphere that draws comparisons to early Autopsy and Paradise Lost; they share members with Blood Incantation.
Stonesword Key is a death/doom metal band from Boise, Idaho, formed in 2022, combining the crushing weight of funeral-paced doom with the guttural intensity of death metal in the tradition of the classic death/doom sound.
Death-doom band from Newtown, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013, merging the crushing low-end of death metal with the glacial tempo and suffocating atmosphere of doom. Their name — the scientific name for the barred owl — lends a naturalistic, nocturnal quality to their sound.
Laredo, Texas outfit formed in 2012 that fuses progressive sensibilities with death-doom, crafting dense, slow-burning compositions that draw equally from melodic death metal and oppressive doom atmospheres.
Sumptus Ignis is a progressive death/doom metal band from Key Largo, Florida, formed in 2017, weaving dense, slow-burning compositions that balance mournful doom passages with technical death metal aggression.
Sun in Shadows is a melodic death/doom metal band formed in 2019 whose location remains undisclosed, pairing the melancholic melody of death-doom with the emotive sweep of melodic death metal.
Susurrant Void is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania death-doom project formed in 2025, combining the glacial tempos and funereal atmosphere of funeral doom with the harsh, downtuned attack of death metal.
Swallowed Whole is a Seattle, Washington band formed in 2018 that fuses death metal, doom, and black metal into a dense, morbid sound drawing from the darkest corners of Pacific Northwest extreme metal.
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