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Iron Sect is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2024 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.
Crushing Southern / Heavy Metal, Stoner / Doom Metal from College Station.
Iron Swan is a sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom, active since 2013 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.
Iron Void is a doom metal act from Wakefield, United Kingdom, active since 2012 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Iron Walrus is a doom/sludge metal band from Osnabruck, Germany, active since 2014, crafting monolithic compositions of crushing heaviness. Over a decade, the band has forged a formidable sound that merges doom's glacial weight with sludge's abrasive filth.
Iron Warthog is a German drone/doom metal project formed in 2022, exploring the most minimal and hypnotic extremes of heavy music. The band builds immense, sustained tones that vibrate at the lowest frequencies of the doom spectrum.
Iron Witch is a sludge/doom metal act from Liverpool, United Kingdom, active since 2011 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Ironside is a metalcore/hardcore act from Bradford, United Kingdom, active since 2009 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Metal band from Vantaa that has evolved from black/doom metal origins into drone/doom territory, active since 2020. Their sound explores the heaviest, most repetitive side of doom metal.
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