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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Spanish stoner/doom metal band from Almería, formed in 2017. They craft sun-baked stoner-doom from the arid Mediterranean coast of southeastern Spain.
Groove/doom metal band from Tamworth in Staffordshire, formed in 2010. They bring crushing, slow-tempo heaviness paired with groove-driven rhythmic punch to the UK doom scene.
Baphomaster were a sludge/doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro whose sound drew on leviathan-weight riffs and desperate, abrasive vocals. Their 2015 demo — recorded live in rehearsal with a single microphone at Estúdio Fórum — introduced tracks like "Swamp of Sorrow" and "The Abyss," capturing a raw, suffocating atmosphere. They followed that with the album "Bong Or Die" in 2018 before splitting up, leaving behind a short but genuinely heavy catalog.
A sludge/doom metal outfit from New Orleans, Louisiana formed in 2017, drawing on the city's rich tradition of slow, crushing heavy music.
A Florida black/death metal act formed in 2017, contributing the track Metal of Death to the 2018 Tribute to Beherit compilation while pursuing aggressively dark occult and transgressive themes.
Finnish black/doom metal band from Kuopio, formed in 2016. They merge black metal darkness with doom metal's oppressive weight from the eastern Finnish lake country.
Oslo-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2013, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
An Alabama heavy/doom/sludge metal outfit from the small town of Warrior, Barbarian Funeral surfaced in 2024 with a compilation track on Weedian's regional showcase Trip to Mississippi & Alabama.
Spanish black/doom metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2012. They wield a dark, sword-bearing blend of black and doom metal from the Catalan capital.
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