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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Dial Tone (2022)
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Melodic death metal outfit from Strasbourg in Alsace, active since 2013. Their Monegasque-inspired name adds character to compositions blending melodic death metal with the Franco-Germanic musical traditions of the Rhine borderlands.
Doom metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, active since 2010. Their name meaning 'Lost Souls,' they channel the crushing weight and melancholy of doom metal from the Baltic coast.
Sludge/doom metal band from Langenzenn, Germany, active since 2012. Their suffocating blend of sludge heaviness and doom metal weight delivers crushing compositions from the Franconian countryside.
Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal outfit rooted in Kadıköy, channeling volatile underground intensity since 2014. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Progressive doom/death metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, active since 2017. Their ambitious approach merges the crushing weight of doom-death with progressive complexity and dynamic shifts.
Emerging from Kristianstad's underground, this atmospheric doom/post-metal/rock act has been forging scorching sonic fury since 2014. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Heavy/doom metal band from Esbjerg, Denmark, formed in 2023. Their ponderous, riff-driven sound channels the weight of doom and heavy metal from the North Sea coast.
Hailing from Bacup in United Kingdom, this industrial death/doom metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 1993. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Melodic doom metal act from Namur, Belgium, formed in 2012. Their sound balances the crushing heaviness of doom with melodic passages that offer moments of beauty amid the darkness.
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