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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 outfit from the southeastern Finnish town of Hamina near the Russian border, active since 2015. Their Finnish-language name adds local character to old-school death metal from the borderlands.
Stoner/doom/sludge metal band from Hondarribia, Spain, formed in 2018. Their crushingly heavy blend of stoner, doom, and sludge emerges from the picturesque Basque-French border town.
Hound is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal/rock band from Rome, Italy, active since 2011 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Hickory, North Carolina doom metal outfit Hour of 13 formed in 2003 primarily as the creative project of multi-instrumentalist Chad Davis, with vocalist Phil Swanson contributing to the bulk of their recorded output. Their 2007 self-titled debut on Shadow Kingdom Records was followed by The Ritualist (2010) and 333, both of which reinforced the band's status as a respected act within traditional doom and occult heavy metal circles. Their sound draws from the same late-1970s and early-1980s roots as Pentagram and Black Sabbath without relying on pastiche.
House Anxiety is a sludge/doom metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2017. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Madison, Wisconsin's House of Lud have been stacking stoner and doom metal in equal measure since 2018, producing riffs that settle in like weather — slow-moving, overcast, and unavoidable. Their tone carries genuine weight.
Hovercraft is a doom/gothic metal band from Bucharest, Romania, formed in 2018. They craft dark, atmospheric gothic doom layered with emotional depth.
Heavy/doom metal band from Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 2022. They channel the monolithic weight of doom metal through crushing riffs and mournful atmospheres that reflect the genre's grand tradition.
Black/doom metal band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of merging black metal's cold fury with doom metal's crushing weight from the Ruhr industrial heartland.
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