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Mörkö is a black and doom metal band from Lahti, Finland, active since 2000. Named after the fearsome creature from Finnish Moomins mythology, they have delivered over two decades of dark, crushing metal.
Mörmo is a stoner/doom metal trio from La Plata, Argentina, formed in 2018, consisting of Gonzalo Soria on guitar, vocals, and synthesizers, Nicolas Reggiardo on bass and synthesizers, and Rodrigo Carlos on drums. The band released their debut demo Siluetas in August 2018, and followed it with the full-length Nueva razón in February 2023, recorded at Estudios Mirifico in La Plata and mastered by Gonzalo Villagra at Estudios Audion.
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Møregloed is a atmospheric black/doom metal band from Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands, formed in 2021. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Mühr is a drone/doom metal act from Amsterdam, delivering glacially slow, minimalistic heaviness since 2010. The band creates vast, textural soundscapes that push doom metal toward its most extreme, patience-testing boundaries.
Můra is a blackened death/doom metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, whose sound balances cavernous aggression with deliberate pacing across releases "Doom Invocations and Narcotic Rituals" (2021) and "Needle Cathedral" (2025). Their dense, distorted approach layers intense guitar work over crushing doom frameworks, creating a ritualistic atmosphere.
Minneapolis's N.o.N.- drags doom and black metal through a noise-damaged filter, producing suffocating walls of sound from the Twin Cities underground. Their music sits at the intersection of despair and dissonance, impossible to pin down and harder to ignore.
Naamath is a black/doom/sludge metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2017. Named after a biblical figure, they combine crushing genres from the Ural Mountains capital.
Naava is a sludge/doom metal band from Helsinki, active since 2013. The band's Finnish name meaning 'lichen' captures the slow, organic growth of their doom from the Finnish capital.
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