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Doom and post-metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2023. They blend the crushing weight of doom with the expansive dynamics of post-metal.
Doom and sludge metal band from Liverpool, England, active since 2013. Coltsblood craft crushing, filthy doom-sludge from the Merseyside underground.
Milwaukee black metal act Columbarium conjure cold, atmospheric darkness from the shores of Lake Michigan. Their music is austere and ritualistic, dwelling in shadows rarely lit by the Upper Midwest sun.
Westerly, Rhode Island's Coma Hole bring a heavy dose of stoner doom to the small New England scene, lumbering through molasses-thick riffs with a baked, meditative quality. Their sound is slow, heavy, and pleasantly disorienting.
Portland, Oregon death-doom project Coma Void inhabit a bleak space where monstrous death metal savagery meets the crawling despair of doom. The Pacific Northwest's brooding atmosphere seeps into every slow, devastating note.
Germantown, Maryland's Coma Void blend post-black metal with funeral doom into something glacially beautiful and deeply sorrowful. Their music unfolds over long stretches of cold, atmospheric melancholy.
Funeral doom act from Moscow, active since 2006. Comatose Vigil is one of Russia's most renowned funeral doom bands, crafting glacially slow, sorrowful extremity over nearly two decades.
Boston's Combat Delta stitch together crust punk grime, death-doom misery, and grinding heaviness into a filthy, confrontational sound. They occupy the intersection of punk fury and extreme metal despair.
Doom-groove-heavy metal band from Almeria, Spain, formed in 2014. They blend crushing doom weight with heavy grooves from the sun-scorched southeastern coast.
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