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Doom Division is a southern/doom metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2009. They blend the bluesy swagger of southern metal with doom's crushing weight.
Austin, Texas's Doom Prophet have been delivering heavy, crawling doom metal to the Live Music Capital since 2020, adding a darker, heavier counterweight to a city more famous for its blues and rock scene. Their heavy/doom sound is built on the tradition of slow-motion riff architecture and an oppressive atmosphere that Austin's heat and sprawl seem to generate naturally. They are part of a growing contingent of Texas acts demonstrating that the state's metal underground extends far beyond thrash.
Doom:VS is a funeral doom and death metal band from Saffle, Sweden, formed in 2006. The project crafts glacially slow and emotionally devastating doom.
Doomas is a death and doom metal band from Nova Bana, Slovakia, formed in 2008. The project merges death metal with doom metal's crushing weight.
Doombo is a doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Trieste, Italy, formed in 2023. The project delivers crushing doom weight with sludge and stoner metal grooves from the Adriatic coast.
Doomchild is a sludge and doom metal band from Chepstow, Wales, formed in 2012. The band deliver crushing, low-tuned heaviness rooted in the slow-burning power of sludge and doom metal.
Doomchurch is a one-person doom metal project from Dymchurch, England, created by John Wood, who handles guitars and drum programming. Their releases Walker of the Ways and In the Sanctuary of Gargoyles showcase solitary, heavy doom metal crafted entirely by a single musician.
Doomcult plays doom metal from Asten in North Brabant, active since 2016 and devoted to the genre's most ritualistic, heavy traditions. Their name says it all — worship at the altar of doom, conducted through glacially paced, monolithic compositions.
DoomDogs is a doom and stoner metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2010. The project delivers heavy doom and stoner riffs from the west coast.
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