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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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St. Petersburg, FL doom metal band that crafts slow, heavy music steeped in the humid oppressiveness of the Florida underground. Their riffs sink like anchors and linger long after the last note fades.
Underground psychedelic doom conjuring dark fantasy and occult allegory. Featured on the 'Doomed & Stoned in Texas' compilation.
San Marcos, TX doom and stoner metal band that mixes heavy psych fuzz with the dirge-like pace of traditional doom. They ride the slow burn of Texas heat into heavy, hazy oblivion.
Doom and stoner metal band from Kingston upon Hull, England, active since 1993. With over three decades of activity, Cosmic Juggernaut are among the most enduring doom-stoner acts in Britain.
Doom-stoner band from Prešov, formed in 2023. Cosmic Lord delivers heavy, spacious doom and stoner grooves from eastern Slovakia.
Champaign, IL doom and stoner metal band that exhales enormous, fuzz-drenched riffs at a pace that borders on ceremonial. Their music is heavy in the way weather systems are heavy.
Doom metal act from Oss in North Brabant, active since 2010. Cosmic Nod delivers slow, spacious doom from the Dutch lowlands.
Doom-stoner band from Umeå, active since 2013. Cosmic Overlord delivers lumbering, space-themed doom from northern Sweden.
Doom and stoner metal band from Heraklion, Crete, formed in 2014. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden doom-stoner from the Cretan capital.
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