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Psychedelic stoner and progressive doom metal act from Bretten in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, crafting expansive, mind-bending compositions since 2017. Their approach fuses the hazy psychedelia of stoner metal with the structural ambition of progressive doom.
Part of Hungary's underappreciated metal tradition, this act channels doom metal with a focus on tectonic grooves and sorrowful melodic passages. Formed in 2002, based in Budapest, the low end alone could register on seismographs.
Eternal Fall is a doom/death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, blending the heavy atmospheres of both genres with sincerity and determination. The band's discography spans from early demo-tapes such as "Ministers of Mayhem" (1997) through their 2003 full-length "And in Forbidden Sky" and the 2019 album "Under the Mind's Sheet".
Pennsylvania's Eternal Fortification pursue a harrowing vision of experimental funeral doom and death metal spiked with dark ambient noise, constructing something closer to a ritual than a record. Since 2020 they have stood as one of the most unclassifiable acts in the state's extreme underground.
New Jersey's Eternal Fuzz have been dialing up mammoth stoner doom and post-metal walls of fuzz since 2009, their sound as thick and unhurried as a summer afternoon that refuses to end. Cranbury Township has produced one of the Garden State's most reliably heavy acts.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal, doom metal, and funeral doom metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2008, based in Moscow, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.
Providence's Eternal Khan combine the martial weight of black metal with the slow, oppressive crawl of doom, producing something that feels both ancient and modern. Since 2021 they have been adding to Rhode Island's small but increasingly vital extreme metal tradition.
Wisconsin's Eternal Silence has been carving out a death metal niche in New London since 2014, delivering the kind of grinding, mid-paced brutality that keeps the Great Lakes underground alive.
Eternal Sun Temple is a stoner/doom trio from San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina, who released their debut album "Vol. I" in July 2022. A live companion release, "Vol I: Live," followed in November 2022, documenting their early performances.
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