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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Doom and sludge metal band from Bournemouth, England, formed in 2015. They deliver crushing doom-sludge from the Dorset coast.
Buffalo's Chelseigh channels the oppressive weight of doom and sludge metal through a haze of distortion and slow-burning riffs. The band taps into the Northeast's tradition of heavy, emotionally crushing music.
Philadelphia's Chemical God trudges through the murky intersection of doom, sludge, and stoner metal with monolithic, fuzz-soaked riffs and a hypnotic low-end rumble. Their music worships at the altar of heaviness.
San Antonio's Chemical Warfare wages a thrash assault with the aggressive spirit of the Texas underground. Their music is fast, aggressive, and unapologetically rooted in the classic thrash tradition.
Doom and stoner metal band from Finland, formed in 2024. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden doom grooves rooted in the stoner tradition.
Doom and stoner metal band from Lahti, Finland, active since 2011. They craft heavy, slow-burning stoner-doom from the Finnish lake district.
Vicksburg, Mississippi's Chief City drags doom and sludge metal through the humid, oppressive atmosphere of the Deep South. Their slow, heavy sound carries the weight of the region's history and geography.
Doom-stoner band from Groningen in the northern Netherlands, active since 2016. Chief of Smoke delivers lumbering, haze-drenched heaviness from the country's northernmost major city.
Orange County's Child Saint fuses the crushing weight of doom metal with the soaring melodic ambitions of power metal, creating a dramatic and heavy dynamic that sets them apart from either genre alone. Epic song structures meet downtuned heaviness across their catalog.
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