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The Italian city of Milan serves as headquarters for this doom metal and sludge metal operation, whose arsenal includes Eyehategod-indebted misery channeled through crushing volume. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Stoner/doom metal band from Portsmouth, formed in 2024 and trafficking in the heavy, distorted grooves where stoner and doom metal converge. Their sound emphasizes hypnotic repetition and massive fuzz-laden riffs.
Sludge metal four-piece from Stourbridge in the Black Country, formed in 2016 and dubbed "Black Country Sludge Masters." Featuring Jack Cradock, James Pearson, Toby Sambidge, and Mitch Griffiths, their motto "Heavy Souls, Heavy Sounds" captures the essence of releases like Sacred Crimson.
Progressive doom metal band from Brighton, formed in 2014 and releasing their album Debt of Aeons on Aural Music in 2018. Their sound has been described as "grimy progressive doom with moments of epic melody," pairing powerful, emotionally charged vocals with heavy riffs and bluesy, jazz-inflected passages.
Amsterdam, Netherlands — doom metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2022, they deal in earth-shaking distortion and mournful clean passages. Mournful melodies surface between waves of suffocating heaviness.
Doom/stoner metal band from Cardiff, Wales, active since 2017 and channeling the low-and-slow heaviness of doom through a stoner metal haze. Their sound dwells in the territory where crushing riffs meet psychedelic fuzz.
Stoner/sludge/doom metal band from the Ribe/Trunderup area of southern Denmark, formed in 2018 and delivering massive, fuzz-laden heaviness. Their mammoth-sized sound lives up to their regal name with slow-burning, prehistoric grooves.
Sarver, Pennsylvania's King of Undeath deal in doom metal with a name that telegraphs the aesthetic — slow, death-soaked, and funereal in the most satisfying way. A 2022 project that leans hard into the genre's darkest corners.
Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this doom metal and stoner metal act from Fasano (Brindisi) traffics in fuzz-drenched riffs and hypnotic, groove-laden repetition. Since 2022, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
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