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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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Pennsylvania's Void Master, formed in 2021 in Pennsburg, deal in the intersection of doom and stoner metal — massive, low-tuned riffs built to move at the pace of erosion, with a fuzz-thick tone that fills the room. There's a ritual quality to their approach, each song unfolding on its own unhurried terms. They're part of a strong regional tradition of heavy, riff-driven Pennsylvania acts who take the "heavy" in heavy metal at face value.
Void Maw is a blackened sludge/doom metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 2022. They merge blackened atmospherics with the crushing weight of sludge and doom metal.
Skane's Void Moon crafts traditional doom metal with a reverence for the genre's Sabbathian roots, delivering heavy, slow-burning compositions that emphasize weight and atmosphere. Their patient approach lets massive riffs ring out with deliberate, crushing power.
Bratislava's Void Odyssey generates thick, fuzz-drenched grooves at the intersection of doom and stoner metal, channeling the psychedelic heaviness of the genre's heaviest practitioners. Their slow, hypnotic riffing creates an immersive sonic voyage through distorted soundscapes.
Portland, Oregon's Void of Law formed in 2026, bringing together doom and sludge metal in a city that has long been fertile ground for heavy, slow, and ugly music. Portland's wet, grey underground has produced some of the most compelling sludge acts in the country, and Void of Law inherit that tradition — massive, feedback-laden, and built to crush. As one of the newest acts in the index, they're just beginning to make their mark.
Minneapolis's Void Rot have developed a strong reputation in the death/doom underground since forming in 2018, specializing in slow, cavernous compositions where death metal's grotesque density meets doom metal's inexorable pacing. The Twin Cities metal scene is deeper and more serious than outsiders often realize, and Void Rot are among its more accomplished exports — praised by underground death metal listeners for the suffocating atmosphere and deliberate craft of their recordings. They exemplify what death/doom can do when executed with patience and conviction.
Void Sinker is a sludge/drone/doom metal band from Salerno, Italy, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing, glacially paced doom with drone and sludge elements.
Void Tendril is a doom/black metal band from the UK, formed in 2017. They combine doom's oppressive weight with black metal's cold intensity.
Void Titan is a death/doom metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2018. They deliver crushing, cavernous death/doom from the West Country.
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