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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Tallahassee, Florida doom and stoner metal band formed in 2013, blending hazy psychedelic riffs with lumbering sludge tempos in the tradition of Southern fuzz-doom.
Miami, Florida doom metal and punk band formed in 2015, dragging the crusty rawness of punk into slow, feedback-drenched doom territory with a deliberately abrasive edge.
San Francisco progressive doom metal band formed in 2023, crafting elaborate, slowly unfolding compositions that wed psychedelic atmosphere with heavy, deliberate riffing.
Los Angeles sludge, drone, and doom metal band formed in 2020, specializing in oppressively heavy, low-frequency material at the extreme end of the California doom underground.
Snarf grind out doom metal from Basel, favoring slow, crushing riffs and oppressive weight. Their stripped-down approach to the genre lets the heaviness speak for itself without unnecessary ornamentation.
Pittsburgh blackened psychedelic stoner and doom metal band formed in 2024, combining the murk of stoner doom with black metal's abrasive atmosphere in a hazily oppressive hybrid.
Arkhangelsk's Snowborn pair stoner and doom metal from Russia's Arctic White Sea port since 2017. Their winter-birth name and subarctic origins channel the frozen landscapes of the Russian north into compositions of glacially paced heaviness.
Dubuque, Iowa outfit blending doom, stoner, and groove metal into a thick, riff-driven sound since 2016, sitting at the intersection of hazy heaviness and hard-swinging momentum.
Detroit doom/death metal project formed in 2025, pairing the Motor City's industrialized heaviness with the slow, sepulchral weight of the doom-death tradition.
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