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Budapest's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this doom metal, experimental, and sludge metal unit is among them — wielding glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion. Uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Enucleacion is a death/grind band from Santiago, Chile, operating in the city's underground extreme metal scene. Their debut Demo 2020 was released in December 2020 through Santiago-based underground label Burning Coffin Recs, pressed to a limited run of 100 cassettes with distribution split between Chile and the United States. The label described their sound as a "rotten and chaotic" death/grind assault.
Funeral doom metal solo project from Antwerp, Belgium, created by multi-instrumentalist Jens, who handles guitars, bass, vocals, and programming. Their releases "The Eye of the Storm" and "Journey to the Realm of Shadows" channel crushing, glacial doom with logo artwork by famed calligrapher Christophe Szpajdel.
Part of the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition, this act channels death metal and doom metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2020, based in Glasgow, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Doom and sludge metal band from Lamia in central Greece, active since 2016. They deliver crushing heaviness from the Fthiotida region.
The Russian city of Moscow serves as headquarters for this death metal, doom metal, and melodic death metal operation, whose arsenal includes suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
Death/doom metal band from Espoo, Finland active since 2016. They fuse crushing doom weight with death metal aggression from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Pasadena doom metal act Ephraim embrace the glacial tempos and crushing weight of the Southern California heavy music tradition, formed in 2021 in the shadow of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Doom metal act from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023, crafting crushing, slow-paced heaviness from Saxony's largest city. Their straightforward name captures the epic, weighted quality of their doom metal compositions.
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