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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Death metal and grindcore act from Helsinki, active since 2018. Their visceral name matches a sound that blends death metal's heaviness with grindcore's blasting brevity from Finland's capital.
Stoner/doom metal band from Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, formed in 2024. Their thick, riff-heavy sound channels the hypnotic weight of stoner doom from southwestern Germany.
Gothic and doom metal project from Graz, Austria, formed in 2014, creating slow-paced, heavy, and emotionally charged compositions. Their debut Mothership, recorded and mastered by Fabio Perathoner, invites listeners to walk into the grey with three tracks of contemplative, ocean-gazing doom.
Sludge/doom/thrash metal band from Bilbao, Spain, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of genre-spanning extremity merging sludge, doom, and thrash from the Basque industrial capital.
Horns of Anguish is a sludge/doom metal band from Ystad, Sweden, formed in 2009. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Black/death/doom metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, active since 2015. Their genre-spanning approach merges the cold atmosphere of black metal, the brutality of death metal, and the crushing weight of doom into a devastating triple threat.
Heavy metal act from the small Finnish town of Akaa, flying the flag of traditional metal since 2015. Their genre-declaring name matches a straightforward commitment to classic heavy metal.
Horrid Remorse is a doom/death metal/hardcore band from Rennes, France, formed in 2024. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Horrorgraphy is a symphonic/doom metal act from Athens, Greece, active since 2023 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
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