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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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Epic doom and folk metal band from Kazan, Russia active since 2017. Winterfun blends the weight of epic doom with folk melodies from the Tatar capital at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka rivers.
Black/doom metal project from the Netherlands formed in 2020. Winterkou, meaning "winter cold" in Dutch, fuses the darkness of black metal with doom's crushing weight.
Atmospheric death/doom metal band from Nowy Sącz, Poland formed in 2020. Wintershadows crafts oppressive atmospheric doom from the Carpathian foothills of southern Poland.
Wire Mother emerged from Washington state in 2014 with a sound built on the punishing intersection of doom and sludge — slow, suffocating riffs dragged through distortion like something dredged from the deep Northwest murk. Their music carries the weight and hostility the genre demands, leaning into ugliness rather than away from it. Active for over a decade, they remain one of the region's quiet fixtures in the heavy underground.
Gothic/doom metal and gothic rock band from Volkel, Netherlands formed in 2022. Wish weaves romantic darkness through gothic metal and doom from the North Brabant region.
Epic heavy and doom metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. Wishdoom blends the grandeur of epic metal with doom's crushing weight from Greece's northern capital.
Doom/death metal band from Donskoy, Russia active since 2010. Wishdoomdark crafts oppressive doom/death from the small Tula region town over a decade and a half of underground dedication.
Formed in Akron, Ohio in 2022, Witch Dagger deal in the slow, heavy currency of stoner doom — thick riffs dragged through tar pits and left to bake in the Rust Belt sun. Still a young outfit, they have wasted little time establishing a sound rooted in the low-end traditions of Sleep and Electric Wizard. Akron's industrial grit seeps into every plodding, fuzz-drenched note.
Portland, Oregon's Witch Mountain are one of the most respected names in American traditional doom, having rebuilt themselves around 2011 with an emphasis on powerful, blues-rooted riffing and commanding vocal performances. They occupy a space where classic doom meets Southern rock swagger, slow and hypnotic without sacrificing genuine emotional weight. Over more than a decade they have proven themselves one of the Pacific Northwest's essential heavy acts.
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