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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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Kansas City's Dawncrusher haul through sludge and doom metal with the kind of grimy, midwest-bred weight that sounds like it was mixed in a flood-prone basement. Formed in 2020, they carry the torch of slow, miserable heaviness with evident devotion to the cause.
San Jose's Dawning merge progressive metal's structural ambition with the bleakness of black and doom metal, resulting in music that shifts between introspection and devastation. Active since 2022, the band approaches the Bay Area's heavy scene from an angle all their own.
Oakland's Daxma deal in the slow, monolithic end of doom and post-metal — long songs, suffocating atmosphere, and a sound that values endurance over efficiency. Since 2016, they've quietly built a catalog that rewards the kind of deep listening their music demands.
Day of Mourning is a doom metal band from Schwarzenberg, Germany, formed in 2018. They channel grief and desolation through monumental, slow-burning doom compositions.
Atlanta's Day Old Man traffic in the sludge and doom tradition with a noise rock edge that makes their music feel lived-in and dangerous — something grown from the heat and frustration of the South. Formed in 2014, they belong to a lineage of heavy Southern bands that wears exhaustion like armor.
Atlanta's Dayglo Mourning pair stoner metal's fuzz-soaked swagger with doom's deliberate weight, arriving at a sound that moves slow and hits hard. Since 2018, they've added texture to the city's heavy underground with psychedelic tinges that keep their dirges from ever feeling one-dimensional.
Raleigh's Daylight Dies have been one of America's most compelling melodic doom/death acts since 2013, blending funereal atmosphere with genuine melodic invention. Their music moves at the pace of grief, carefully constructed and emotionally precise.
Phoenix's Daytripper drag stoner and doom metal through the desert heat with a sun-baked, hazy approach that transforms the Arizona landscape into sonic texture. Since forming in 2022, they've leaned fully into the slow, sweltering side of the genre — music for long drives through the Sonoran expanse.
DDENT is a doom metal/post-rock band from Paris, France, active since 2014. They blend crushing doom with post-rock's atmospheric expansiveness.
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