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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Doom/sludge metal trio from Bern, Switzerland, whose crushing sonic output is paired with lyrics exploring geological processes and early Earth history. Releases like Magma Ocean (2021) and Protolith (2022) channel tectonic themes through massive, low-end heaviness.
The Craving from the Community of Madrid deliver doom metal with the desperate, consuming hunger their name implies, formed in 2025. Their sound channels unfulfilled desire through crushing compositions from the Spanish capital region.
The Crawling from Lisburn near Belfast deliver death and doom metal with the slow, ground-level horror their insectile name suggests since 2015. A decade from the Northern Irish city has produced crushing compositions that creep with deliberate menace.
The Cromptons is a death/thrash 'n' roll and doom/sludge metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2012. They blend the grooves of thrash 'n' roll with doom and sludge's crushing weight.
Los Angeles' The Crooked Whispers navigate the overlap between doom and sludge metal with a sound that channels the city's long history of heavy, slow-burn underground music. Formed in 2020, they traffic in the kind of grim, feedback-soaked weight that bands like the Melvins and Saint Vitus made foundational — updated for an era with no patience for artifice.
The Curf is a stoner rock/stoner doom metal band from Athens, active since 2007. Their music delivers heavy, fuzz-laden grooves and crushing doom riffs, contributing to Athens' vibrant stoner and doom scene.
The Darkhorse from Northamptonshire deliver sludge and doom metal with the unexpected, underdog power their name implies since 2018. Their Midlands base channels outsider energy through crushing compositions.
The Dead Flowers Graves from Pordenone craft doom metal exploring the burial of beauty since 2019. Their northeastern Italian base channels the death of floral innocence through crushing compositions.
The Deep Blue is a stoner/doom metal band from Margate on the Kent coast, formed in 2021. Their oceanic name suits their heavy, drowning riffs and slow-burning doom, drawing from the seaside atmosphere of the Thames Estuary.
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