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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Doom/black/death metal project from Germany, merging three of extreme metal's heaviest subgenres since 2016. Their theologically charged name reflects the spiritual weight of their multi-layered extreme metal approach.
Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.
Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this doom metal, funeral doom metal, and stoner metal act from Sweden traffics in fuzz-drenched riffs and hypnotic, groove-laden repetition. Since 2016, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Brescia's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this doom metal and stoner metal unit is among them — wielding wah-soaked leads and bass-heavy grooves in the tradition of Kyuss and Sleep. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
L'Aquila's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this doom metal and gothic metal unit is among them — wielding Type O Negative-school brooding grandeur with genuine emotional weight. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Doom metal band from Zagreb, Croatia formed in 2019. They craft heavy, crushing doom from the Croatian capital.
Leszno Górne-based doom metal and gothic metal act, active since 2013 delivering Type O Negative-school brooding grandeur with genuine emotional weight. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Ohio's Elusive Travel have been moving at doom/death's agonizingly deliberate pace since 2001, letting despair accumulate bar by bar — one of the longer-running acts in a subgenre that rewards patience with weight.
Doom/death metal veterans from Iserlohn in Germany's Sauerland region, with roots stretching back to 1996. Named after the Greek afterlife, their nearly three-decade career has produced a catalog steeped in the mournful, crushing atmosphere of doom/death metal.
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