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Phoenix, Arizona death-doom band merging the slow funeral weight of doom metal with the harsh vocal and riff aesthetics of death metal for a brooding and cavernous sound.
Death-doom metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2022. They merge the crushing weight of doom with death metal aggression from the French capital.
Cerphas is a Tulsa, Oklahoma band operating in the bleak intersection of black metal and doom, constructing oppressive, slow-burning material steeped in darkness and desolation. Their sound prioritizes atmosphere and weight over speed.
Doom and gothic metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They weave melancholic atmospheres and heavy, slow-burning riffs through a darkly romantic lens.
Cessation is a San Diego, California funeral doom metal band crafting extraordinarily slow, grief-laden compositions built on crushing low-end riffs and bleak, suffocating atmosphere. Their work sits at the extreme end of the doom spectrum, prioritizing heaviness and despair over accessibility.
Cetacean is a Los Angeles, California doom and sludge metal band building massive, slow-moving compositions out of grinding riffs and oppressive low-end heaviness. Their sound evokes the oceanic enormity suggested by their name, blending Southern-inflected sludge with crushing doom.
Black-doom project from Västmanland, formed in 2022. Cethegus — named after a Roman conspirator — merges atmospheric black metal with doom pacing.
Multi-genre extreme metal band from Piraeus/Athens, Greece, active since 2011. They weave together black metal, death metal, doom, and melodic elements into a despairing, ambitious sound.
Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean is a Springfield, Massachusetts doom and sludge metal band constructing devastatingly slow, cavernous compositions built on massive riffs and suffocating heaviness. Their work exemplifies the bleakest and most abyssal end of the American sludge-doom tradition.
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