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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Doom and sludge metal band from Trondheim, Norway, active since 2023 and channeling undead-themed heaviness. Their sound combines doom metal's glacial pace with sludge's abrasive textures from central Norway.
Sludge, drone, and doom metal quartet from Oxford, England, active since 2010 with releases including Anhedonia, Narwhal, and a split with Bismuth. Their crushingly slow sound has made them a cornerstone of the Oxford heavy music scene.
Doom metal outfit from the small German town of Hadamar, channeling slow, crushing heaviness since 2015. Their sound dwells in the low-end frequencies and deliberate pacing that define traditional doom metal's oppressive weight.
Omaha, Nebraska's Undying Sorrow specialize in funeral doom metal — the genre's most extreme expression of grief and slowness — cultivating an atmosphere of crushing, funereal despair since 2021. For listeners who want their metal to feel like an actual eulogy.
Unearthly Trance formed in Long Island, New York in 2000 as a trio — vocalist and guitarist Ryan Lipynsky, bassist Jay Newman, and drummer Darren Verni — producing sludge and doom metal with a blackened, psychedelic undercurrent. The band released material on Southern Lord, Rise Above, and Relapse Records across a career that included albums such as The Trident (2006) and Stalking the Ghost (2017). They shared stages with Electric Wizard, Sunn O))), and Morbid Angel, situating them at the intersection of doom and extreme metal communities.
Gothic and atmospheric doom metal band from Acquaviva delle Fonti near Bari in Puglia, Italy, active since 2014. Their sound weaves gothic romanticism with the crushing weight of doom metal, informed by the atmospheric beauty of southern Italy.
Unformulas is a Swedish epic death metal project from Ljungskile, driven by multi-instrumentalist Nicklas Rudolfsson with vocalist David Nilsson delivering lead vocals. Their releases include the albums Spiritual Chaos Vortex and Post Mortem Visionary.
Drone and doom metal band from Liverpool, England, evolving from earlier sludge-doom toward a more drone-focused approach since 2018. Their sonic evolution reflects a deepening commitment to the slowest, heaviest extremes of metal.
Ungula is a sludge/doom metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, built on an unconventional foundation of two distorted basses and mad synths played by their six-member collective. The project's experimental approach to sludge and doom sets them apart from the traditional guitar-driven template.
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