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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Poznań death/doom metal act formed in 2018, merging death metal's guttural extremity with doom's crushing weight from Wielkopolska's capital. Their fusion channels the heaviest traditions of both genres.
Amsterdam death/doom metal act formed in 2012, merging death metal's guttural extremity with doom's crushing weight. Their primordial name matches an approach rooted in the heaviest and slowest traditions of extreme metal.
Near Death Experience is a doom/gothic metal band from Nantes, France, active since 2006, recognized as influential figures in the history of French independent heavy music. Their catalog, spanning releases like From Scratch, combines the crushing weight of doom with the dark elegance of gothic metal.
Nebrus is a black/doom metal band from Massa in Tuscany, Italy, active since 2009. They merge the atmospheric weight of doom with black metal's intensity from the foot of the Apuan Alps.
Nebula is a black/doom metal band from Šilutė, Lithuania, active since 2009. They craft dark, expansive compositions from this small town in the Klaipėda County near the Baltic coast.
Turkish sludge/doom metal act formed in 2011, delivering crushing heaviness through oppressive sonic weight. Their slow-burning approach channels the genre's most suffocating traditions.
Necrocock is a Prague-based project led by composer Tom Necrocock, whose prolific output has evolved from black/doom metal origins through atmospheric doom into experimental and post-rock territory since 1996. Working from Gummi Studio Y near Prague's center, his catalog spans film soundtracks, atmospheric compositions, and genre-defying works like the 'Jan Zizka z Trocnova' original soundtrack.
Necrocomium is a melodic death/doom metal band from Kotka, active since 2017. The band blends melodic death and doom metal from the coastal industrial city of southeastern Finland.
Necrolatria deal in the slow, suffocating territory where death metal meets doom, wringing funeral weight out of every riff. Their 2020 full-length Ultimate Prevail of Darkness stands as their most substantial statement, a sprawling effort built around crushing tempos and morbid atmosphere.
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