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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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German funeral doom band from Freiburg, releasing crushing, glacially-paced compositions since 2014, now on High Roller Records. Their 2026 album 'Exequiae' features a nearly 25-minute opening track, exploring existential despair through dense harmonies and overwhelming heaviness.
Risen from the ashes of Soul Inquisition. Active since 2000, making them one of Houston's longest-running doom acts.
Croatian doom/stoner/heavy metal and hard rock band from Rijeka, blending multiple rock and metal styles since 2016. Their versatile approach spans the spectrum from crushing doom to stoner grooves and hard rock energy.
Portuguese doom metal band from Funchal in Madeira, newly formed in 2026 and delivering crushing heaviness from the Atlantic island. Their self-deprecating name belies the serious weight of their doom metal approach.
French doom metal/punk band from Le Bleymard, fusing doom's crushing weight with punk's raw energy since 2010. Named after a mythical Alpine chamois, their unconventional fusion brings rural French character to aggressive doom.
Fresh out of Prineville, Oregon, Lord Doomitron deliver high-desert doom and stoner metal built for long drives through nowhere, thick with fuzz and slow-motion menace.
Lord Dying formed in Portland, Oregon in 2010 and quickly established themselves in the sludge and doom metal underground, signing to Relapse Records for their debut Summon the Faithless (2013). Subsequent albums Poisoned Altars (2015) and Mysterium Tremendum (2019) expanded their palette to include progressive and psychedelic elements, with Kerrang! describing the latter as a prog-metal masterpiece. Their 2023 album Clandestine Transcendence further developed their increasingly ambitious approach, cementing their place among the Pacific Northwest's most creatively restless heavy bands.
Finnish doom metal act from Seinajoki, formed in 2022 and channeling crushing, slow-tempo darkness. Their name evokes the aristocratic, ritualistic character of their doom metal approach.
French sludge/doom metal band from Paris, delivering crushing, toxic heaviness since 2014. Named after the road warrior villain, their sound channels apocalyptic menace through suffocating sludge and doom.
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