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Death/doom and black metal project from Germany formed in 2019. Wargiþa channels archaic darkness through a hybrid of crushing doom passages and black metal ferocity, with releases including Fleshgate and Stille.
Doom, death, and thrash metal band from Castrop-Rauxel, Germany signed to Ván Records, evolving from heavy Hellhammer influences into their own distinctive sound. Their 2025 album Total Maniac was recorded in the presence of late member Volker, who passed away two weeks after the final recordings, and was released on the fourth anniversary of his death.
Funeral doom metal and ambient project from Angers, France formed in 2020. Named after the infamous sanatorium, Waverly Hills crafts oppressive, atmospheric doom steeped in horror and desolation.
Heavy Stoner / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Winston-Salem's We Follow the Earth formed in 2023, delivering sludge and doom metal that feels rooted in the Piedmont Triad's particular brand of Southern heaviness — unhurried, low, and immovable. Their name suggests reverence for something older and larger than the human scale, which matches a sonic approach built on patience and deliberate weight. Another entry in the long roll of North Carolina bands that understand how to let a riff breathe.
Progressive thrash and doom metal band from Porto, Portugal active since 2017, evolving from groove/power/thrash origins. Web has pushed their sound into increasingly progressive and doom-laden territory from Portugal's northern capital.
Formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1998 by bassist and vocalist Dave "Dixie" Collins, a veteran of the sludge act Buzzoven, Weedeater channel the heaviest elements of Southern doom and noise rock into a characteristically filthy, low-register rumble. Their debut ...And Justice for Y'all (2001) and Sixteen Tons (2003) appeared on Berserker Records before the band joined Southern Lord for God Luck and Good Speed. Their most recent album, Goliathan (2015), continued the uncompromising approach that made them central figures in the North Carolina heavy underground.
Weedevil is a stoner/doom metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose debut LP "The Return" was released in April 2022 via DHU Records, featuring members Lorraine Scar on vocals, Paulo Ueno and Bodão on guitars, Dani Plothow on bass, and Flávio Cavichioli on drums. They followed it with the split "Cult of Devil Sounds" alongside Mexico's Electric Cult Doomers in 2023, then released their second album "Profane Smoke Ritual" through Smolder Brains Records in June 2024. Drawing from Black Sabbath, Windhand, and Acid King, the band blends lacerating riffs with occult and spiritualist themes.
Stoner and doom metal project from Poland emerging in 2024. Weedgazer channels hazy psychedelic atmospheres through heavy stoner doom riffs.
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