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German doom metal band from Ulm whose demo and rehearsal recordings were originally released by Secret Port Records in Greece in 2002. Their nine-track collection The Awaken showcases epic and traditional doom metal with songs exploring themes of legions, oracles, and the void.
One-man doom metal project from Eisenach, Germany incorporating drone, black, and post-metal influences across a methodically numbered discography from Eins through Drei and beyond. The solo project channels diverse extreme metal influences through a doom metal lens, with recent albums including Nachwelt, Uebergang, and Licht.
Doom metal and shoegaze band from Clermont-Ferrand, France formed in 2023. Wempusa fuses the crushing weight of doom with shoegaze's ethereal textures from the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne.
Black doom art project from Weimar, Germany active since 2013, blending black metal darkness with doom metal weight across four albums including Animist, Lunar Cult Society, and Among Humans. Their self-described "Black Doom Art" approach fuses extreme metal with an artistic, atmospheric vision.
Sludge and doom metal band from Essen, Germany formed in 2017. Weyed channels the gritty industrial character of the Ruhr Valley into crushing sludge and doom metal riffs.
Doom and sludge metal band from Brighton, England formed in 2018. Whale Bone channels oppressive heaviness through a doom/sludge hybrid from the south coast seaside city.
Gainesville's Wharflurch formed in 2019, emerging from the North Florida college town that has always punched above its weight in underground music with a death-doom sound that feels genuinely swamp-adjacent — slow, putrefying, and emanating something deeply unpleasant. Gainesville's humidity and proximity to old Florida wilderness seeps into everything, and Wharflurch sounds like it grew up from the ground rather than being constructed. Death-doom for the subtropics.
Lebanon, Connecticut's When the Deadbolt Breaks have been building sludge-doom structures since 2006, making them one of the longer-running acts in New England's slow and heavy underground. Two decades in a small Connecticut town have given them a patience and a commitment to the low end that only comes from knowing exactly what you are doing and never feeling the need to rush it. Rural New England produces a specific grimness, and this band bottles it.
Doom and stoner metal band from Paris, France active since 2015. Where the Pavement Ends crafts heavy, groove-laden doom and stoner riffs that transport listeners beyond the urban sprawl.
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