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State Of Unrest (2023)
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An established stoner/doom metal voice from Stoke-on-Trent, contributing to United Kingdom's underground since 2022. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Rooted in Istanbul's underground, this doom/stoner metal project delivers dark compositions with conviction since 2019. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Harmony in Grotesque is a avant-garde/atmospheric doom/death metal band from Krasnoyarsk, Russia, formed in 2003. They craft crushing doom-death compositions steeped in oppressive heaviness.
Newly formed in 2025, Farmington, Connecticut's Harmozel deal in doom and heavy metal with a reverence for slow, crushing dynamics. They're early in their existence but already trading in the patient, riff-driven heaviness that defines the doom tradition.
Hailing from Cornuda (Treviso) in Italy, this industrial/experimental doom metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 2022. Massive, slow-building riffs and cavernous atmospheres define their doom approach.
Champaign, Illinois's Harpe steep themselves in death-doom's most morbid traditions — the genre's slow-motion dread rendered in thick, downtuned guitars and a pacing that refuses to rush toward the inevitable. A heavy and deliberate presence since 2020.
Heavy metal act from Jaén in Andalusia, active since 2022. Their sound channels classic heavy metal traditions from the olive-growing heartland of southern Spain.
Black/doom metal project from Germany, active since 2016. Their oppressive sound merges the cold darkness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom metal into a bleak, suffocating experience.
Asheville, North Carolina's Harsh Realm channel the city's fertile underground into death-doom of considerable weight — slow tempos, death metal's brutality, and a mournful undercurrent that makes the music feel genuinely funereal. Active since 2019.
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