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Tzompantli is a death/doom metal band from Pomona, California, formed in 2012, drawing on Mesoamerican imagery and history to create crushingly heavy music that stands apart from the genre's more conventional touchstones.
Tábano was a three-piece heavy band formed in 2012 in La Plata, Argentina, drawing on thrash and doom metal in equal measure. The band released the album Mata o Muere and a demo track, Atrapado (sin salida), before eventually dissolving.
Eisenach's Tønda deliver sludge/doom metal from the Thuringian city where Bach was born and Luther once hid in the Wartburg Castle. Since 2023, their crushing compositions have added a layer of modern heaviness to a town steeped in musical and religious history.
Danish sludge and doom band from Silkeborg performing entirely in their native language, creating heavy, dirty, and fuzz-drenched compositions since 2020. Their self-titled EP, recorded live at Lydpotten and produced by NP Nielsen, delivers four tracks of distortion-laden doom across 24 crushing minutes.
Legendary Italian psychedelic sludge power trio formed in 1999 in Tortona, worldwide recognized as creators of a unique genre combining long songs, droning vocals, and massive effects with monumental riffing. Their vast catalog spanning Lucifer Songs, Snailking, Ecate, and Fenice has made them titans of the international sludge and doom scene.
Ulfven is a melodic doom/death metal band from Harnosand, Sweden, drawing deep inspiration from Scandinavian nature and folklore. Their albums Bland aska och sten and Folklore channel the dark beauty of the Swedish landscape into melody-driven doom death.
English stoner, doom, and folk metal hybrid active since 2020, blending the heaviness of doom with folk instrumentation and stoner rock's fuzzy warmth. Their eclectic approach creates a distinctly English take on the intersection of folk tradition and heavy metal.
Long-running experimental sludge and doom outfit from Liege, Belgium, active since 2004, blending death metal, doom-rock, avant-garde psychedelia, and electronic soundtracks as a tribute to rock culture. Their extensive catalog spans seven releases including Sowberry Hagan, The Art of Spectres, and Lungville.
Umbersun is a five-piece atmospheric doom/death metal band from Cluj Napoca, Romania, whose 2024 debut Endless Winter Nights delivers over an hour of dark romantic gothic-tinged doom death. The album was produced at Fascination Street Studios and features guest vocals from Andrada Hofmeister.
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