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Sludge/doom metal band from Portugal, formed in 2020. Their Dutch-styled name, meaning 'rituals,' accompanies crushing heaviness.
Plattsburgh, New York sits near the Canadian border in the northern Adirondack region — about as far from the coastal metal corridors as you can get while still being in New York State — and that geographic remove seems to suit Riven's thrash metal approach, formed in 2017. Their sound draws on the classic Bay Area and East Coast thrash traditions, favoring tight riff structures and aggressive forward momentum. The regional isolation gives their output a self-reliant quality common to metal scenes far from major metropolitan centers.
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Ankara melodic death/doom metal act formed in 2021, weaving sorrowful melodies through crushing heaviness from Turkey's capital. Their mournful approach channels the emotional weight of both traditions.
Saint Paul, Minnesota's Roach Eater have been serving up stoner/doom since 2019, a genre combination that thrives in the upper Midwest's long winters and appreciation for music that sprawls and crushes in equal measure. Their sound lives in the low end — fuzz-heavy riffs that move at funeral pace while carrying just enough psychedelic haze to keep things interesting. The name is deliberately off-putting, but it captures the band's refusal to make anything easy or comfortable.
Active since 2010, Seattle's Roareth have spent over a decade refining a sound that merges the lumbering crush of doom metal with sludge's distorted, mud-caked abrasiveness — a combination that feels entirely at home in the gray Pacific Northwest. Their songs move slowly and deliberately, building pressure until the weight becomes overwhelming.
Sludge/doom metal band from Italy, active since 2013. Their approach delivers crushing heaviness at the intersection of sludge and doom.
Vienna-based retro-doom quartet formed in 2018 — the name a German-language pun on RoboCop — RoboKopf plays heavy psych and proto-metal in the tradition of early 1970s doom and heavy rock. Their debut The Echoes of Owls, released on Heavy Psych Sounds Records, combines down-tuned twin guitars, jazzy drumming, distorted bass, and theremin textures with lyrics exploring violence, art, and love.
Doom metal band from Tilburg, the Netherlands, active since 2015. Named after the sci-fi B-movie creature, their approach delivers crushing doom from the Roadburn festival city.
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