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Renaissance is a progressive/doom/death metal band from Leuven, Belgium, crafting dense, layered compositions that blend the weight of doom, the technicality of progressive metal, and death metal's aggression. The band represents the darker end of the Belgian progressive metal underground.
Gothic/doom metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2015. Their Latin name, meaning 'rebirth,' accompanies dark, atmospheric metal from the Ural capital.
Chicago's Repentance launched in 2021 blending melodic groove metal with metalcore, sitting comfortably in the tradition of hard-hitting Midwestern bands that prioritize groove and aggression over pure technicality. The city's blue-collar metal legacy — think Disturbed, Soil — echoes through their emphasis on rhythmic punch and vocal hooks. A young band with a clear sense of purpose.
Doom/death metal project from the UK, active since 2013. Their approach combines doom metal's crushing weight with death metal's ferocity.
Stoner doom and drone band from Belém, Pará, Brazil, active since 2018. They self-released Demo Sessions in March 2018 and followed it with Demo Sessions Vol II in March 2019, both featuring extended tracks in the five-to-seven-minute range rooted in heavy, psychedelic riffing.
Richmond, Virginia's Resin Lung emerged in 2014 from one of the South's most storied heavy music cities, trading in doom and sludge that carries the weight of Richmond's formidable extreme metal legacy. Their compositions move slowly and deliberately, building oppressive atmospheres over long, crushing timescales. In a city that birthed bands like GWAR and Lamb of God, they've found their own suffocating niche.
Reskemor is a doom/death metal band from Móstoles near Madrid, Spain, formed in 2019. The band delivers crushing doom-death from Madrid's southern metropolitan area.
Progressive/doom/gothic metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2009. Their ambitious three-genre approach delivers richly atmospheric metal from the foot of Mount Etna.
Resonant Soul is a death/doom metal band from Aubagne near Marseille in Provence, France, formed in 2025. The band delivers crushing doom-death from the southern French Mediterranean coast.
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