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Death Atlas (2019)
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Practitioners of black metal, death metal, and doom metal, this Hungarian outfit from Nagyatád has been refining their craft since 2014. Their sound hinges on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities, delivered with dogged persistence.
Black/death/doom metal project from Minsk, Belarus, weaving together three of extreme metal's darkest subgenres since 2019. Their multi-faceted approach creates a dense, suffocating sound that draws from each genre's most oppressive qualities.
Doom/death metal act from Berlin, Germany, conjuring oppressive, supernatural heaviness since 2012. Their spectral name captures the haunting, otherworldly quality of their fusion of doom and death metal.
Doom and sludge metal band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2012, with releases including Cabeza de Vaca and a contribution to October Dust, a Spanish tribute to Peter Steele. Their heavy, crushing sound pays homage to the titans of doom.
When Evilized emerged in 2007 from Racibórz, they brought with them a sound rooted in doom metal and gothic metal — all beauty-and-the-beast vocal contrasts over darkly atmospheric arrangements. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Gastonia, North Carolina's EvilLeaf is a stoner/doom metal outfit that formed in 2023, adding their fuzz-laden low end to the Carolinas' growing heavy underground. Their sound moves at the deliberate pace of sludge, thick with psychedelic haze and rooted in the Southern tradition of playing slow and heavy as a spiritual practice.
Death/doom metal act from Murcia, Spain formed in 2016, with members Sacrilegio, Santo Oficio, and Podredumbre. Their 2016 debut was recorded analogically in winter 2015 and released on limited cassette through Caligari Records.
Death/doom metal band from the small Austrian town of Weiz, fusing crushing low-end heaviness with mournful, glacial tempos since 2012. Their approach to death/doom draws on the genre's Scandinavian roots while filtering it through an Austrian lens.
Straddling the line between death metal and doom metal, this Swedish act fuses technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2021, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
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