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Rotko is a Finnish black/doom metal project formed in 2015. Named after the Finnish word for 'ravine,' the project merges the atmospheric darkness of black metal with crushing doom.
Out of Morgantown, West Virginia, Rott materialized in 2021 with a sound anchored in the slow churn of doom metal and the hazy, amplifier-driven heft of stoner rock. Their music reflects the isolation of the Mountain State — lumbering, smoke-filled, and built for maximum low-end saturation.
Rotten Brain is a French death/doom metal project formed in 2020. The project merges death metal heaviness with doom metal's crushing pace.
Rotten Cavern is a doom/death metal band from Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2024. The band channels cavernous doom-death from the ancient Roman port city on the Mediterranean.
Rottendawn is a doom/death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2019. The band channels crushing doom-death from the Finnish capital.
Rotting Beetroot is a psychedelic doom/death metal and crust band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2017. Their releases including Black Fucking Unicorn From The Future reflect the band's irreverent, genre-blending approach to heavy music that merges crushing doom with psychedelic experimentation and punk energy.
Portland, Oregon's Rotting Sky has spent over a decade building suffocating soundscapes where funeral doom's glacial pace meets the bleak atmospherics of black metal and ambient drone. Their music is slow, cavernous, and oppressive — less concerned with riffs than with the weight of sustained decay.
Rowan is a doom and sludge metal project from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2019 and operating in the slow, heavy tradition of the genre. The project contributes to the surprisingly active Belarusian heavy underground scene that has produced numerous sludge and doom acts.
Los Angeles outfit Rowsdower, active since 2011, occupies the slow and swampy intersection of sludge, stoner, and doom metal — thick riffs, deliberate tempos, and the kind of hazy, heavy atmosphere that the LA underground has cultivated for decades. Their sound favors groove and weight over speed.
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