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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Greek psychedelic doom metal/rock band from Athens, delivering mind-expanding heaviness since 2015. Their name evokes the regal, transcendent quality of their psychedelic doom approach.
Fort Worth sludge trio that went on a long hiatus then reunited. Features a guest vocal from Craig Welsh of legendary Texas hardcore act Brutal Juice.
French atmospheric black/doom metal band from Paris, blending mournful atmosphere with crushing heaviness since 2019. Their name evokes the tragic, sacrificial romance that permeates their melancholic sound.
Polish psychedelic doom/stoner metal and rock band from Bydgoszcz, delivering mind-expanding heaviness since 2015. Named after the horror author, their sound channels cosmic dread through psychedelic doom grooves.
Asheville's Low Earth orbit the border between doom and traditional heavy metal, drawing on the Blue Ridge Mountains' gloom for a sound that's both earthy and oppressive.
Crushing Doom / Post-Metal out of Texas.
Low Levels of Serotonin is a melodic death/doom metal project from Americana, São Paulo, Brazil, led by multi-instrumentalist Wilian Gonçalves, formerly the guitarist of Desdominus. The band released their debut album Katharsis in 2019 through Heavy Metal Rock Records, followed by a second album, In the Entrails of My Mind, in 2022. Their sound combines heavy, melancholic riffing with introspective lyrics and significant tempo variation across both records.
French stoner/doom metal band from Strasbourg, formed in 2020 and delivering fuzz-drenched heaviness. Their name captures the low-frequency, bass-heavy character of their stoner doom approach.
British doom metal band from Colchester, delivering crushing, slow-tempo heaviness since 2016. Their name suggests the clear, crystalline quality that balances the dense weight of their doom metal.
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