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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spanish gothic/doom metal band from Valencia, formed in 2020. They blend gothic metal's dark romanticism with doom metal's crushing weight from the Mediterranean coast.
Finnish death/doom metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2021. They deliver sewer-dwelling death-doom from the Finnish capital.
German doom metal band from Bielefeld, formed in 2022. They craft spectral doom metal from the Teutoburg Forest region of Westphalia.
Doom metal outfit from Nacka (early)/Handen (later), formed in 2020. Their compositions stretch conventional structures to their limits, filling every measure with oppressive weight and deliberate, devastating momentum.
Finnish sludge/doom/death metal band from Kitee, formed in 2018. They merge three crushing genres into a bloody, oppressive wall of sound from eastern Finland.
Athens-based doom metal act active since 2018, 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.
Industrial, doom, and thrash metal hybrid from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2014. They forge an unusual fusion of industrial harshness, doom's weight, and thrash metal's aggression.
London-based duo merging doom metal's crushing weight with post-black metal's atmospheric sweep since 2020. Their compositions drift between suffocating heaviness and ethereal expanses, evoking swampland desolation.
Istanbul-based gothic/doom metal act active since 2014, pairing doom metal's crushing weight with dark romantic atmospheres and melancholic keyboard textures. Their compositions weave sorrowful melodies through a foundation of slow, heavy riffing.
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