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Uray is a doom/post-metal band from Moscow, Russia, blending black metal, doom, hardcore, and neocrust through thematic storytelling that explores maritime tragedy, historical warfare, and existential darkness. Their 2015 debut Part 1 EP was recorded and mixed at YourWay Records in Moscow.
Solo funeral doom project from the Bavarian Alps paying tribute to old Bavarian folklore and tradition, heavily influenced by the surrounding Alpine environment and culture. Their 2021 Demo I, released through Church of Eradication, blends funeral doom with black metal and dark ambient across two extended compositions.
Portland, Oregon's Urchin have been at it since 2001, fusing doom metal's crushing density with post-metal's more expansive, atmospheric tendencies over more than two decades. One of the longer-running acts in the Pacific Northwest heavy underground, they bring weathered depth to every release.
Richmond, Virginia's Urisk are among the more recent additions to their city's fertile doom and stoner metal scene, formed in 2024. Drawing on the Southern-inflected stoner doom tradition, they bring Virginia's blue-collar heaviness to a genre well-suited to it.
Black and doom metal project from Milan, Italy, active since 2022. Their sound merges the atmospheric coldness of black metal with doom metal's crushing weight from Italy's industrial capital.
Funeral doom metal project from Banagher in County Offaly, Ireland, active since 2019. Their glacially slow compositions evoke the ancient burial grounds referenced in their name, channeling crushing heaviness from the Irish midlands.
Drone and doom metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, creating vast, slowly evolving sonic landscapes since 2012. Their approach to doom and drone emphasizes hypnotic repetition and massive low-end frequencies that engulf the listener.
Female-fronted psychedelic doom quartet from Berlin, described as a slow trudging bear with a fuzzy pelt, electric claws, and a melodic singing voice. Their 2023 debut Preta features unrelenting drums, cutting guitars, thundering bass, and mesmerizing saxophone in their signature 'saxodoom' style, mastered by Magnus Lindberg.
Death and doom metal band from Nordland in northern Norway, active since 2012. Their Arctic Norwegian origins and bear-inspired name lend a massive, primal quality to their death-doom sound.
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