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Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Black/doom metal project from Clinton Township, Michigan, formed in 2024, combining the oppressive weight of doom metal with the icy atmosphere of black metal.
Modesto, California doom and sludge metal band formed in 2016, conjuring thick, oppressive heaviness through slow tempos, distorted low-end, and a bleak sonic palette.
Salt Lake City doom, sludge, and stoner metal band formed in 2006, widely acclaimed for their distinctive sound that incorporates violin and viola alongside crushing heaviness, earning considerable recognition with albums such as No Help for the Mighty Ones and More Constant Than the Gods.
Oklahoma City band formed in 2014 that splices together thrash metal, grindcore, and doom into a chaotic and deliberately genre-defying hybrid rooted in the Oklahoma underground.
Wichita, Kansas stoner and doom metal band formed in 2020, combining the hazy, riff-heavy grooves of stoner rock with the slow, crushing weight of doom metal.
Orlando, Florida doom and industrial metal band formed in 1994, marrying the mechanical coldness of industrial metal with the heavy, slow-burning atmosphere of doom.
Subversion is a groove and progressive metal band from Asheville, North Carolina, formed in 2011, blending syncopated rhythmic heaviness with progressive song structures in the vein of the Appalachian metal underground.
Succubus is an Atlanta, Georgia band formed in 2017 that moves between ambient black metal and brutal death metal/deathcore, creating a jarring contrast between oppressive atmosphere and outright sonic violence.
Sudden Deaf is a heavy/doom metal band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2022, crafting slow, crushing riff-driven music that taps into the Lone Star capital's fertile heavy underground.
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