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Ambient doom and post-metal project from the Hanseatic city of Lubeck in northern Germany, crafting immersive, meditative heaviness since 2017. Their Old Norse name lends an ancient, timeless quality to their fusion of drone-like doom with post-metal atmospherics.
Doom/death/black metal project from Rakovnik, Czech Republic, weaving together three of extreme metal's darkest threads since 2021. Their medically abbreviated name belies a sound that is anything but clinical in its raw, oppressive heaviness.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa's Ekos has spent over a decade crafting psychedelic doom and stoner metal that feels like a long, hazy drive through the American interior. Slow-burning riffs and an acid-tinged heaviness have been their stock in trade since 2011.
Stoner/doom metal act from Leon in northwestern Spain, delivering heavy, sun-baked compositions since 2013. Their Spanish name, meaning "The Horned One," evokes pagan imagery that enriches their stoner doom aesthetic.
Ventura, California's El Barbaro occupies the brutal intersection of doom, sludge, and hardcore, a combination the band has been weaponizing since 2012. Crushing tempos and hardcore aggression collide with the genre's suffocating low-end weight.
El Hijo de la Aurora (Spanish for "Son of the Dawn") is a Peruvian doom metal and psychedelic rock band formed in Lima on May 2, 2008, by drummer and composer Joaquín Cuadra and guitarist Manolo Garfias. The band has explored themes of witchcraft, occultism, and philosophy across four studio releases, including Lemuria (2008), Wicca: Spells, Magic and Witchcraft Through the Ages (2010), and The Enigma of Evil (2015), with the latter released through Minotauro Records.
Doom metal, grindcore, and noise hybrid from Viladecans near Barcelona, with roots stretching back to 1995. Their three-decade career of genre-defying extremity makes them one of Catalonia's most enduring underground acts.
Doom and post-metal band from Kildare, Ireland formed in 2022. They craft atmospheric, heavy soundscapes from the Irish countryside.
Psychedelic stoner/doom metal act from Madrid, Spain, crafting hazy, atmospheric compositions since 2014. Their name, Spanish for "The Wasteland," captures the desolate, barren landscape of their psychedelic doom.
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