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The Fear (2022)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Dial Tone (2022)
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Experimental black/doom metal project from Finland, active since 2008 and pushing extreme metal into unconventional territory. Their name referencing both the mythological sea monster and a dual rulership system captures their ambitious, dual-natured approach.
Viennese "pagan desert doom" outfit merging heavy fuzz sounds with folklore since 2016, with releases including the albums Ouroboros and Odyssea. Their sound rides the line between stoner rock's sun-baked grooves and doom metal's crushing weight.
Doom/death metal band from Scotland, active since 2016 and dwelling at the heavy intersection of funeral-paced doom and death metal's guttural intensity. Their sound combines crushing slowness with death metal's brutal vocal and rhythmic approach.
Funeral doom metal/ambient project from the Baltic island of Usedom, active since 2011 and crafting glacially slow, cosmic compositions. Their seaside isolation and cosmic scope produce some of the most meditative heavy music in the German underground.
Psychedelic doom/heavy metal/hard rock band from the Kymi-Poitsila area, formed in 2021 and blending retro doom with trippy, mind-expanding elements. Their skull-themed name captures the death-obsessed psychedelia at the heart of their sound.
Scorching Black Metal (early); Melodic Post-Black Metal / Shoegaze (mid); Black / Death / Doom Metal (later) from Keller.
Birmingham stoner/doom metal project formed in 2012, featuring vocals by Oliwia Sobieszek and music composed by Paul Kenney. Their six-album catalog includes Living Water, Altars, and the final release Necromancer, praised for its "sensual ambience" and otherworldly vocal performances before the band disbanded.
Doom/death metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2018 and crafting slow, crushing compositions that pair doom's monumental weight with death metal's guttural intensity. Their sound represents the heavier end of the Copenhagen metal underground.
Moscow doom/death metal act formed in 2019, delivering bilingual Russian-English compositions with titles like Ordeal/Тяжёлые шаги and Breath of Winter/Дыхание зимы. Their approach blends doom metal's crushing weight with death metal's guttural intensity across introspective, winter-themed material.
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