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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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RodtGod is a sludge/doom metal band from Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, formed in 2020. The band delivers crushing low-end heaviness from the Swabian industrial metropolis.
Doom/sludge metal/experimental/noise band from Poznań, Poland, active since 2014. Their approach pushes heavy music into experimental and noise territory from the Greater Poland capital.
Stoner/doom metal band from Trondheim, Norway, formed in 2025. Their cosmic name accompanies crushing stoner doom from Norway's third city.
Portland's Rolling Through the Universe have been navigating the slow-burning overlap of doom, sludge, and post-metal since 2012. Their songs tend toward long-form structures where crushing low-end weight gradually gives way to atmospheric drift, rewarding listeners willing to sink into the undertow.
Death/doom/groove metal band from Porto, Portugal, formed in 2022. Their triple-genre approach delivers varied heaviness from Portugal's northern capital.
Doom/death metal project from England, formed in 2022. Their arboreal name frames a blend of doom metal's crushing weight with death metal's guttural intensity.
Norwegian band from the Arctic town of Sortland that evolved from death/doom metal into djent, active since 2018. Their stylistic shift reflects a move toward modern progressive heaviness from above the Arctic Circle.
Brazilian doom and stoner metal solo project, formed in 2023. The debut full-length Lucid Nightmare (September 12, 2023) runs eight tracks, including "Notes From Underground," "Smoking A Blunt In Darkness," and "Death Is My Only Flight." The release is self-described as exploring existential and psychological themes.
York, Nebraska's Ropewalker have been weaving together black metal, doom, and gothic metal since 2020, a combination that puts atmospheric desolation front and center. The gothic sensibility lends the project's doom and black metal a certain mournful elegance that's rare in either genre on its own.
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