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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Three-piece doom and stoner metal band from Denver, Colorado drawing directly from the 1990s American stoner metal playbook of Kyuss, Sleep, and Corrosion of Conformity. Their debut album Summoning (2022) launched a planned trilogy of doom-soaked records rooted in psych-blues riffing.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania band fusing post-black metal, doom, and d-beat into a raw and genre-blurring sound, with a prolific 2023 output that included multiple releases on Bandcamp. Their music captures a bleak emotional atmosphere rooted in the grim traditions of both black and doom metal.
Death-doom metal band from Varna, Bulgaria, active since 2019. They fuse the crushing heaviness of death metal with the slow, oppressive weight of doom, creating a dark and suffocating sonic atmosphere.
Death-doom-sludge act from Catania, Sicily, active since 2015. Cryptrip merges crushing doom with death metal weight from beneath Mount Etna.
Doom-groove metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2013. They blend crushing doom with heavy grooves from northern England.
Gainesville, Florida's Crystal Balls fuse black metal fury with crushing doom tempos, creating a suffocating atmosphere unique to the Sunshine State underground. Their music is cold and unrelenting.
Suffocating Stoner / Doom Metal / Alternative Rock from Los Angeles, California / El Paso.
Doom and heavy metal act from Fano in Pesaro and Urbino province, active since 2015. Crystal Pyramid crafts slow, massive riffs from the Adriatic coast of the Marche region.
Raleigh, North Carolina duo Crystal Spiders play fuzz-drenched stoner doom rooted in heavy 70s riffs and psychedelic atmosphere. Their full-length debut showcases a confident grasp of groove and weight.
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