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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Eslöv-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2012, 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.
Milan-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2013, 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 Moscow, formed in 2017. 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.
Stoner/doom metal band from Paris, formed in 2022, featuring didgeridoo on their debut album Black Hole. The five-piece delivers psychedelic-tinged doom with tracks like Rot In Hell and My Friend Death, blending crushing riffs with hypnotic grooves.
Örebro doom metal/hard rock act channeling vintage 1970s Sabbathian doom with a classic rock swagger. Their retro-leaning approach draws from the deepest wells of proto-doom and early heavy metal tradition.
Burning Tears was a gothic metal band from Santiago, Chile, whose sound drew from doom, black metal, and classical influences with flute as a featured instrument. The band released the album "Tales from a Disturbed Soul" in 2009, recorded and mixed by Franco Maestri at FM Estudio in Santiago, with tracks like "Snow Tears" and "Bride of Death" generating attention in the Chilean gothic metal scene.
German doom/sludge/stoner metal band from Berlin, formed in 2021. They channel gloomy sludge-doom with stoner metal's hazy riffs from the capital.
Doom/sludge metal act from Leeds, formed in 2023. Their music lurches forward with deliberate, oppressive weight, burying the listener beneath layers of corroded guitar tone.
Athens-based doom metal act active since 2014, 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.
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