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Crua-chan is a stoner/doom metal band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring Christian Garis on drums, Jorge Patiño on bass and vocals, and David Dos on guitar and vocals. The trio released a seven-track self-titled album in 2018, blending crushing riffs with psychedelic textures and unconventional instrumentation.
Miami doom and sludge outfit dragging Southern heaviness through the swampy heat of South Florida. Their music is slow, crushing, and suffocating — built for maximum punishment.
Doom and folk metal band from London, formed in 2023. They blend the crushing weight of doom with folk instrumentation and traditions.
Industrial-tinged black and doom metal act fusing cold electronic textures with crushing guitar weight and gothic darkness. The combination creates something bleak, mechanical, and deeply unsettling.
Oakland doom and sludge outfit channeling the Bay Area's long tradition of heavy, slow, and punishing music. Their sound is thick and oppressive, built on feedback-drenched low-end devastation.
Pennsylvania death-doom and sludge act layering the suffocating weight of doom with the morbid darkness of death metal. They operate at the slow, crushing intersection where both genres feel most punishing.
San Antonio doom and sludge metal band wallowing in the slow, oppressive heaviness that Texas's extreme underground does so well. Their music is deliberately paced and emotionally bleak.
Arizona black-doom act fusing the bleak atmospherics of black metal with the slow devastation of doom. Their music is grim and unhurried, built more for ritual than for entertainment.
Lansing doom metal act channeling the slow, mournful heaviness of the genre from the heart of Michigan's metal underground. Their approach emphasizes weight, atmosphere, and patient, deliberate song construction.
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