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Solo project of Anna C. Chaos, operating from Mairiporã, São Paulo since 2007, working in atmospheric sludge, drone, and doom metal. She writes, records, mixes, and masters all material herself, with the debut release Entrails recorded in 2009 and a prolific output that reached the 11th full-length Filled by Empty Spaces in 2020 and the 13th album Mourning Carnivals From Now On in 2023 on Time to Kill Records. The albums Belong to Nothing (2018), Deserts of the Soul, Filled by Empty Spaces, and To Become Unreal (2021) form a connected sequence she titled the Tetralogy of Solitude.
Funeral doom metal project from Sarajevo, Bosnia, conjuring glacially slow and crushing heaviness since 2017. Their two-album arc, I: Funeral of Mankind and II: The Last Judgment, traces a bleak apocalyptic narrative through monolithic doom compositions.
Experimental doom metal band from Oulu, Finland, whose 2005 debut Gnoia delivered 60 minutes of avant-garde funeral doom mastered at Helsinki's Finnvox Studios. Their sound combines experimental elements, flute, and keyboards within a progressive doom framework, originally released through Firedoom Music.
Massive Doom Metal out of Texas.
Doom and stoner metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, active since 2008 and delivering heavyweight, fuzz-laden riffs from the Croatian capital. Their long tenure has established them as a fixture of the Zagreb metal scene.
Unadorned is a progressive doom/death metal project from Ankara, Turkey, founded in 2025 and blending blackened melodic death metal with progressive structures under the banner of 'mystic brutality.' The project features Zachary Alder on vocals, guitar, and bass with Alister Reed on drums.
Depressive black and doom metal project from Trondheim, Norway, active since 1988 and among the oldest extreme metal acts in the country. Their pioneering blend of depressive black metal with doom predates the formal codification of the DSBM subgenre.
Melodic death and doom metal project from Munster, Germany, weaving melancholy and heaviness together since 2019. Their sound explores the emotional weight of the doom tradition through melodic death metal's expressive range and dynamic contrasts.
Edwardsville, Illinois death-thrashers Unburied have been plowing through the American underground since 2006, fusing the morbid heaviness of old-school death metal with the kinetic aggression of thrash. No-frills and consistently bruising.
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