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Stellar Ascent is a US atmospheric black/doom metal project formed in 2018. The band combines the slow, crushing weight of doom with the cold, expansive atmospheres of black metal to create immersive, cosmically-themed soundscapes.
Stellar Master Elite channel black and doom metal from Trier, combining cosmic themes with the crushing weight of doom and the atmospheric intensity of black metal. Active since 2011, they explore the vast darkness between stars through their heavy compositions.
Liverpool's Stereo Virgins traffic in doom metal that is as monochrome and moody as their Merseyside surroundings. Since 2014, they have built a catalog of ponderous, reverb-drenched heaviness.
Stockholm's STHLMs Blodbad deliver doom metal from the Swedish capital since 2021. Named for the Stockholm Bloodbath of 1520, when Danish King Christian II executed Swedish nobility, their historical reference channels one of Scandinavian history's most infamous massacres into compositions of crushing heaviness.
Colorado Springs outfit founded in 2015 that fuses psychedelic doom and sludge metal into slow, haze-drenched soundscapes rooted in the high-altitude heaviness of the Rocky Mountain region.
Philadelphia doom and stoner metal trio active since 2001, known for their largely instrumental approach and the prominent role of the violin alongside guitar and drums, an unusual sonic identity within the genre.
Arvada, Colorado black and doom metal band formed in 2011, merging the glacial heaviness of doom with the bleakness of black metal in the high-elevation atmosphere of the Front Range.
Geneva, Illinois drone, doom, and sludge metal band formed in 2021, layering oppressive sonic weight across slow, cavernous compositions in the tradition of Midwestern heavy experimentalism.
Salem, Massachusetts doom and death metal project active since 2013, marrying the crawling heaviness of doom with death metal's darkness in a town historically associated with the macabre.
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