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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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Kaluga black/doom metal act active since 2015, fusing two of extreme metal's darkest styles from a historic city south of Moscow. Their decade of output has produced a body of work rooted in crushing heaviness and tonal bleakness.
Belgian darkwave and blackened gothic/doom metal project formed in 2024, blending ethereal darkwave textures with extreme metal heaviness. Their submissive name contrasts with the dominant darkness of their hybrid sound.
One of the most enduring names in Greek metal, On Thorns I Lay has evolved dramatically since emerging in the early 1990s with crushing death-doom before transitioning through gothic metal into atmospheric, melancholic territory. Albums like "Orama" and "Aegean Sorrow" showcase their gift for sorrowful melody and emotional depth.
German black/doom metal project formed in 2021, merging blackened tremolo passages with doom's crushing deliberateness. Named from Greek roots meaning 'dream anxiety,' their music dwells in the uncomfortable space between nightmare and waking.
Novosibirsk sludge/doom metal act formed in 2021, delivering corrosive heaviness from Siberia's largest city. Their ironic, cheerful name stands in stark contrast to the oppressive weight of their sludge-doom compositions.
Kingston, New Hampshire's Onera weave melodic doom and progressive ambition into long-form compositions that breathe and shift like weather moving across the White Mountains. Their melodic progressive/doom approach rewards patient listeners willing to sit inside the slow unraveling.
German heavy/doom metal band from Holzwickede, newly formed in 2025 and merging classic heavy metal with doom's crushing weight. Their gemstone-gate name channels the dark, monolithic character of their approach.
Manchester's Oolith layers post-metal's dynamic architecture over doom and sludge metal's tectonic heaviness, creating compositions that shift between crushing weight and expansive atmosphere. Their patient, crescendo-driven approach recalls Neurosis and Cult of Luna.
French post-metal outfit Oorthian builds monolithic walls of sound that merge doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's dynamic architecture. Their patient, crescendo-driven compositions unfold gradually, trading speed for overwhelming density and emotional catharsis.
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