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Chicago's Barren Heir have been cultivating a sound in the sludge and doom metal tradition since 2015, contributing to the city's robust underground heavy music community with a brooding, riff-driven approach.
New Jersey/New York stoner/doom metal band Barrow Downs — named after the haunted burial mounds of Tolkien's Middle-earth — have been grinding out heavy, haze-drenched riffs since 2020.
Solo death/doom project from Wessex, described as esoteric heathen death/doom from blood-soaked soil. The self-titled 2025 debut features three extended compositions in the vein of early Tiamat, Anathema, and Paradise Lost, released on a limited run of thirty hand-numbered cassettes.
Finnish psychedelic stoner/doom metal band from Kaustinen, formed in 2015. They conjure necromantic psychedelic doom from the folk music capital of Finland.
Buffalo's Bastard Lord occupy the hazy intersection of psychedelic and doom metal, bringing a narcotic heaviness rooted in the stoner doom tradition of the Buffalo underground.
Mount Sterling, Kentucky's Bastard Sons of a Judas Goat operate in the slow, suffocating realm of drone and doom metal, crafting purely instrumental soundscapes built on noise and desolation.
Athens-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2022, 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.
A death/doom project from Bristol, Connecticut active since 2020, with no released recordings yet catalogued.
Belgian doom metal band from Genk fronted by vocalist Michelle Nocon, blending occult themes with sludge and stoner elements since 2014. Their Svart Records debut "Servus" (2017) earned acclaim for its commanding female vocals and ability to stay melodic without sacrificing crushing heaviness.
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