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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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Idlegod is a doom/sludge metal act from Prato, Italy, active since 2017 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Oklahoma City's atmospheric sludge/funeral doom practitioners have been building slow, suffocating cathedrals of sound since 2014 — oppressively heavy, devastatingly patient, and steeped in the flatland desolation of the Great Plains.
Ifyouarealone is a gothic/doom metal act from Barcelos, Portugal, active since 2024 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Ignis is a black/drone/doom metal act from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2013 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.
Iguana is a sludge/doom metal act from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2012 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Ikarass is a doom/post-metal band from Durango, Spain, formed in 2020, crafting dense, atmospheric compositions from the Basque Country. The band merges doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's expansive dynamics from the green valleys of Biscay.
Ikarie is a doom/post-metal band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2021, building towering compositions that oscillate between quiet tension and devastating heaviness. The band channels Barcelona's artistic energy into immersive, cinematic post-metal.
Heavy/doom metal band from Tampere, Finland formed in 2021. Their Finnish name — meaning 'life path' — channels introspective heavy doom from Finland's inland industrial capital.
Il Capro is a doom metal act from Turin, Italy, active since 2024 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
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