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Superkabras is a stoner/doom metal band from Ambato, Ecuador, playing entirely instrumental music. Active since at least 2014, they have released a series of EPs including Totem Gif (2014), Inorgánico universo (2018), and Alaska (2020), building a catalog of heavy, riff-driven soundscapes rooted in the stoner and doom traditions.
Sopron's Supernatural craft doom metal from the westernmost Hungarian city since 2021. Their border-town origins, minutes from Austria, give their ponderous heaviness a distinctly Central European character.
Susurrant Void is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania death-doom project formed in 2025, combining the glacial tempos and funereal atmosphere of funeral doom with the harsh, downtuned attack of death metal.
Doom/death/black metal band from Banja Luka, active since 2011, fusing the crushing weight of doom with the aggression of death and black metal. Their multi-genre approach creates a dense, oppressive sound that draws from the darkest corners of extreme metal.
Sutratma is a Santa Barbara, California funeral doom and death metal project formed in 2012, producing lengthy, oppressively slow compositions that dwell in dense atmospheres of grief and decay.
Doom/death metal band from Antwerp, active since 2016, whose name combines the Scandinavian word for "black" with "heart." Their crushing blend of doom and death metal creates oppressive, emotionally heavy compositions from Belgium's largest port city.
Svartkvarn (Swedish for "Black Mill") forge doom/death metal from the Finnish underground, their grinding, millstone name perfectly suiting their crushing compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring milling darkness to the Finnish doom/death scene.
Svavelh practice funeral doom metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2019. Their sulfur-derived name channels the brimstone stench of the underworld into compositions of glacially paced, anonymous heaviness.
Swallow the Sky is a doom/sludge metal band from the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee, formed in 2015, combining noise-laced heaviness with the slow, suffocating dynamics of Southern-influenced sludge.
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