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Evidence (2023)
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Star Traveller is a US drone and doom metal project formed in 2018, exploring vast, slowly evolving sonic landscapes where minimalist drone textures merge with the glacial heaviness of doom metal.
Doom metal band from Waycross, Georgia with roots stretching back to 2006, Starchild pursues the slow, heavy, and mournful end of the doom spectrum with a long-running commitment to the genre.
Austin, Texas doom/black metal project formed in 2021 under the name Starshine, blending the glacial weight of doom metal with black metal's atmospheric tension in a project rooted in personal expression.
New Haven, Connecticut doom/sludge/black metal band formed in 2024, Starvation combines the dragging heaviness of sludge, the bleakness of black metal, and the oppressive weight of doom into a suffocating sonic whole.
Fayetteville, Arkansas sludge/doom metal band formed in 2024, Stash Hag deal in slow, corrosive heaviness rooted in the Southern sludge tradition with a crushing low-end focus.
State of Neglect forge blackened doom metal from Erfurt in Thuringia, combining the atmospheric malevolence of black metal with doom's crushing deliberation. Formed in 2024, they bring blighted heaviness to the central German underground.
Fort Wayne, Indiana sludge and doom metal band formed in 2020, delivering slow-churning, down-tuned riffs with the corrosive weight characteristic of the American Midwest sludge scene.
Novosibirsk's Station Dysthymia have been crafting funeral doom metal since 2013. Named for the persistent depressive disorder, their clinical name channels chronic, low-grade despair into compositions of glacially paced Siberian heaviness.
Steal evolved from funeral doom metal into a broader black/death/doom approach from the southwestern Finnish town of Salo, deepening their sonic palette while maintaining their extreme heaviness. Formed in 2024, they bring evolving darkness to the Varsinais-Suomi scene.
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