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Sundsvall's Shadowmaster pair sludge and doom metal from the Norrland coast since 2017. Their name of one who commands shadows channels dominion over darkness into compositions of thick, crushing heaviness from northern Sweden.
Philadelphia's Shadows have been crafting doom metal in the City of Brotherly Love since 2015, embracing the genre's characteristic slow tempos and weight to build oppressive sonic atmospheres. The city's long tradition of heavy, underground music provides a fitting home for their downcast, deliberate approach.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Shadows operate at the intersection of doom metal and punk — a leaner, more abrasive take on the slow and heavy aesthetic that sidesteps doom's more ornate tendencies. Formed in 2015, their stripped-down approach keeps the darkness of doom intact while the punk influence sharpens the edges.
Milwaukee's Shadows Taller Than Souls deal in psychedelic doom metal laced with punk energy, a combination that keeps their lumbering heaviness from settling into pure stasis. Formed in 2021, the band channels the oppressive weight of doom through a rawer, more confrontational lens drawn from the city's working-class underground.
Orlando's Shake the Castle Wall move fluidly between hard rock and doom metal, grounding their heavy riffs in classic rock sensibility without sacrificing weight or atmosphere. Formed in 2015, the band reflects Florida's diverse heavy music scene with a sound that draws as much from 1970s rock as it does from the doom tradition.
Baltimore's Shakeface sit in the grim intersection of doom and death metal, piling on cavernous, slow-grinding riffs that carry the suffocating quality that the city's underground scene has long produced. Since 2011, the band has refined a sound built around dense low-end heaviness and the kind of deliberate pacing that makes every note feel earned.
Shakhtyor (named after the Russian word for "miner") were "formed in 2009 with the intention to do it slowly in every sense," crafting deliberate sludge/doom metal and post-rock from Hamburg. Their self-titled debut led to a deal with Cyclone Empire for re-release, followed by "Tunguska" in 2014.
Rooted in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Shalem draw on the arid landscape of the Southwest in their blend of heavy, doom, and stoner metal — music built for wide-open spaces and the psychedelic heat of the high desert. Active since 2009, they bring a laid-back but weighty approach that mixes earthy riff-rock with the slow, lumbering pulse of doom.
Birmingham, Alabama's Shallow Black emerged in 2022 playing sludge and doom metal that carries the tradition of Southern heavy music through a particularly thick and miserable lens. Their approach connects to the long lineage of Southeastern sludge, channeling slow-moving, pitch-black riffs with an uncompromising heaviness.
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