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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Catatomic combines the slow, monolithic weight of doom metal with the filthy, distorted sludge of post-hardcore-influenced metal, producing a suffocatingly heavy sound suited to Wisconsin's cold and isolated atmosphere. Feedback, down-tuning, and deliberate pacing define their approach.
Experimental doom-sludge band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2021. They push doom and sludge into unconventional territory through avant-garde approaches.
Corvallis, Oregon funeral doom sextet merging the glacial tempos of funeral doom with black metal's atmospheric coldness and a narrative arc around cycles of death and acceptance.
Legendary doom metal band from Coventry, England, active since 1991. Founded by Lee Dorrian after leaving Napalm Death, Cathedral became one of the most influential doom metal bands in history, blending stoner rock, 70s hard rock, and crushing doom across a celebrated discography.
Black-doom-heavy metal band from Ahtari, Finland, active since 2008. They blend the darkness of black metal with doom weight and classic heavy metal from the rural Finnish heartland.
Los Angeles sci-fi doom trio whose debut channels the analog grit of Sleep and Monolord into dystopian, riff-heavy slow-burn doom with DIY ethics and a futuristic conceptual bent.
Death-doom act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2023. Caustic Vomit delivers corrosive, slow-burning extremity.
Gulfport, Mississippi death-doom band conjuring Lovecraftian dread through slow, crushing riffs and deep, cavernous atmosphere drawn from occultist themes and ritualistic horror.
Phoenix black/death/sludge project combining sludge-drenched atmosphere with raw black metal aggression, firmly situated in the underground extreme metal tradition.
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