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Mortier is a doom and sludge metal band from Lille, France, formed in 2020. Their French name meaning "mortar" captures the crushing, grinding weight of their doom-sludge.
Hailing from Olympia, Washington, Mortiferum deal in a suffocating blend of death and doom metal built on cavernous low-end, glacially slow passages, and sepulchral atmosphere — one of the Pacific Northwest's most oppressive acts since their 2017 formation.
Mortify is a doom/death metal band from Au, Switzerland, formed in 2017. Their sound combines the crushing weight of doom metal with death metal's guttural intensity, channeling the genre's classic slow-burn heaviness through a Swiss lens.
Denver newcomers Mortis Witch, formed in 2025, brew a hazy concoction of stoner and doom metal rooted in the Colorado high-altitude heavy music scene, blending fuzz-drenched riffs with slow, hypnotic doom weight.
Jacksonville, Arkansas duo Mortua Sordes deal in blackened doom metal since their 2023 formation, pairing the bleak, dragging weight of doom with the corrosive venom of black metal — a particularly desolate sound for a relatively young Southern act.
A doom/stoner metal act from Belgrade, Mortuary Hearse has been crafting heavy, funeral-paced compositions since 2023. The band channels the morbid transport imagery of their name into crushing doom.
Mortum Insignia is a death and doom metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2023. They craft crushing doom-death from the Steel City.
Mortuus Rex is a doom metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 2019. Their Latin name meaning "dead king" captures the sepulchral weight of their doom compositions.
Phoenix doom/sludge outfit Mosara channel the oppressive desert heat into slow, grinding heaviness — formed in 2019, they pair massive distorted riffs with a suffocating patience well-suited to the Arizona landscape.
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