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Celestial Stag from Norfolk plays slow, earth-shaking doom-sludge with a dense, guitar-forward sound that draws on both the Southern sludge tradition and the suffocating heaviness of traditional doom. Their music moves at deliberate tempos, letting riffs breathe and crush in equal measure.
Black-doom metal project from Frankfurt, Germany, emerging in 2025. They merge the bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom.
Cell-13 from Albuquerque combines the slow, oppressive weight of doom metal with the gritty, blues-influenced heaviness of traditional heavy metal, rooted in the Sabbathian tradition filtered through the desert Southwest. Their sound is measured and heavy, built on massive riff cycles and a smoldering atmosphere.
Doom and stoner metal band from Aachen, Germany, active since 2014. They deliver thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and heavy grooves rooted in the stoner-doom tradition.
Doom-stoner band from Cherkasy in central Ukraine, active since 2012. Celophys delivers heavy, slow-burning grooves from the Dnieper River city.
Celtic Frost formed in Zürich, Switzerland in June 1984 when guitarist Thomas Gabriel Fischer and bassist Martin Eric Ain dissolved their previous band Hellhammer and rebuilt with more ambitious musical goals. Their first two records, Morbid Tales (1984) and To Mega Therion (1985), were foundational texts for extreme metal, directly influencing the development of black, death, and doom metal. After a long hiatus, the band reformed and released the critically acclaimed Monotheist in 2006 before disbanding permanently in 2008 when Fischer departed to form Triptykon.
Atmospheric gothic doom-black metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2015. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres through a fusion of doom, black, and gothic metal from the Peloponnese.
Cement Head is a doom and progressive metal band from Boulder, Colorado, combining the slow, heavy riff cycles of traditional doom with progressive arrangements and dynamic range drawn from classic heavy metal.
Cemetary is a heavy metal band from Center Line, Michigan, playing traditional metal with a no-frills Midwest sensibility rooted in classic hard rock and heavy metal, built around clean vocals and mid-tempo riffing.
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