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German stoner/doom metal and rock band from Berlin, formed in 2016. They channel Eastern mysticism through heavy, fuzz-drenched stoner doom grooves.
German psychedelic rock and doom metal trio from Leipzig, active since 2011, featuring Uno Bruniusson of In Solitude and Grave Pleasures. Their Relapse Records debut Uncertainty is Bliss blends hard rock, doom, and psychedelia into intoxicating, transcendental compositions.
German sludge/drone/doom metal band from Mannheim, active since 2006. Known for their punishing wall of sound built from unrelenting riffs and tortured vocals, their 80-minute album Negative Black is described as brutal, creepy, and relentless -- the predecessor project to Bellrope.
Stoner/doom metal band from Guildford in Surrey, active since 2017. Their releases including the self-titled album and Resonate deliver low-and-slow heaviness from the southern English underground.
Heavy/doom metal and punk band from Southend-on-Sea, active since 2016, blending Godflesh, Celtic Frost, Black Flag, and Gary Numan into an industrial-tinged assault. Their prolific catalog from Corpsemeat through Death Is Forever delivers building-shaking riffs with uncompromising intensity.
Stoner doom act from Barcelos, formed in 2015. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Stockholm-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2019, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Stoner doom act from Northern Italy, formed in 2020. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
German epic doom metal band from Bayreuth, formed in 2021. They craft grandiose, slow-burning epic doom metal befitting their Wagnerian hometown.
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