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German doom metal band from Bamberg, formed in 2013. They craft desolate, crushing doom metal from the Franconian underground.
Psychedelic stoner/doom band from Lausanne, Switzerland, crafting altered sensory experiences through heavy, immersive sound since 2013. Their catalog includes the double vinyl "Shemurah" (2021), a split with Craneium, and earlier releases "Samsara" and "Haze" on vinyl and CD.
Black Witch is a stoner and doom metal band from Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in May 2015. The band features Lorena Rocha on vocals alongside Rafaum Costa on guitar, and draws on 1970s-style heavy rock recast through down-tuned, doom-laden arrangements. Their discography includes the debut EP "Aware" (2015), the full-length "Solve et Coagula" (2016), and the two-part release "The Spiral" (2021).
Stockholm-based doom metal act active since 2021, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.
Danish funeral doom and death metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2010. They specialize in glacially slow, devastating funeral doom with death metal underpinnings.
Atmospheric doom, black, and post-metal act from Graz, Austria, formed in 2018 under the motto "no ideals / no identity." Their releases including "Satori" and "Lure" channel mystical and introspective themes through layered, slow-burning heaviness.
Spanish death/doom metal band from Vic in Catalonia, formed in 2024. They craft shrouded death-doom from the interior of the Catalan countryside.
Przemyśl-based thrash/stoner metal act active since 2013, fusing thrash metal's riff-driven aggression with stoner metal's fuzz-drenched groove. Their unconventional hybrid delivers both headbanging intensity and heavy, laid-back swagger.
German death/doom/black metal band from Düsseldorf, formed in 2013. They draw from three pillars of extreme metal for a dense, multifaceted sound.
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