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Brooklyn's Clovis play a wall-of-sound doom and stoner rock blend steeped in grunge and classic heavy riffing. Their self-titled LP documents a band content to let the volume speak for itself.
Philadelphia's Clutch of Mammon is a one-man black and doom metal project with psychedelic undertones, releasing a steady stream of albums and EPs including Zrada and Alma. The project balances raw atmospheric black metal with oppressive doom, operating as an independent and prolific solo endeavor.
Sludge and stoner doom band from Minsk, Belarus, active since 2009. Their discography, from the raw livedemo 2011 through the sprawling instrumental album Doomsdays (2015), showcases a heavy, psychedelic approach to low-and-slow riffing.
Minneapolis death-doom outfit Cobra Czar pair crushing low-end heaviness with groove-driven swagger and mid-paced menace. They occupy a filthy intersection of groove metal and death metal that hits hard in the Twin Cities underground.
Muncie, Indiana's Cocaine Culture are a genre-defying chaos engine drawing from black, death, doom, sludge, and alternative metal in equal and unsettling measure. The result is a dense, disorienting sound that refuses easy categorization.
Nashville, Tennessee black-death metal act Coffin bring a grim, underground aesthetic to Music City's heavy scene, pairing raw black metal atmosphere with death metal brutality. Their music fits firmly in the underground extreme metal tradition.
Portage, Wisconsin's Coffin Black span black metal, death metal, and doom in a sound that's as bleak and cold as a Wisconsin winter. Their multi-genre approach reflects a serious engagement with extreme metal's darkest corners.
Death-doom metal band from Volos in Thessaly, Greece, formed in 2021. They merge death metal aggression with doom weight from the Greek coastal city.
Fargo, North Dakota doom and sludge metal band Coffin Burner channel the flat, frigid desolation of the Northern Plains into slow, oppressive heaviness. They're one of the defining acts of North Dakota's small but determined metal underground.
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