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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Doom and stoner metal band from Genoa, Italy active since 2013. War Cross crafts heavy, groove-laden doom and stoner riffs from the Ligurian coast.
Sludge and doom metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland active from 2010 until their dissolution, with members including Baggy, Ross, Dave, and drummer Martin "the Harvester" Harvey. Their catalog spans The Faceless Sea through Precession of the Equinoxes, with ex-members going on to play in Fuckhammer and Slomatics.
Denver's WarCrown formed in 2021 with an approach to progressive doom metal that emphasizes space and architecture as much as weight. Their songs move through extended passages of shifting dynamics, pairing the patience of doom with the structural ambition of progressive metal. In a city already saturated with excellent heavy music, they carve out a distinct identity through careful, deliberate composition.
Death/doom and black metal project from Germany formed in 2019. Wargiþa channels archaic darkness through a hybrid of crushing doom passages and black metal ferocity, with releases including Fleshgate and Stille.
Doom, death, and thrash metal band from Castrop-Rauxel, Germany signed to Ván Records, evolving from heavy Hellhammer influences into their own distinctive sound. Their 2025 album Total Maniac was recorded in the presence of late member Volker, who passed away two weeks after the final recordings, and was released on the fourth anniversary of his death.
Funeral doom metal and ambient project from Angers, France formed in 2020. Named after the infamous sanatorium, Waverly Hills crafts oppressive, atmospheric doom steeped in horror and desolation.
Heavy Stoner / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Winston-Salem's We Follow the Earth formed in 2023, delivering sludge and doom metal that feels rooted in the Piedmont Triad's particular brand of Southern heaviness — unhurried, low, and immovable. Their name suggests reverence for something older and larger than the human scale, which matches a sonic approach built on patience and deliberate weight. Another entry in the long roll of North Carolina bands that understand how to let a riff breathe.
Progressive thrash and doom metal band from Porto, Portugal active since 2017, evolving from groove/power/thrash origins. Web has pushed their sound into increasingly progressive and doom-laden territory from Portugal's northern capital.
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