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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Doom/death metal band from Donskoy, Russia active since 2010. Wishdoomdark crafts oppressive doom/death from the small Tula region town over a decade and a half of underground dedication.
Formed in Akron, Ohio in 2022, Witch Dagger deal in the slow, heavy currency of stoner doom — thick riffs dragged through tar pits and left to bake in the Rust Belt sun. Still a young outfit, they have wasted little time establishing a sound rooted in the low-end traditions of Sleep and Electric Wizard. Akron's industrial grit seeps into every plodding, fuzz-drenched note.
Portland, Oregon's Witch Mountain are one of the most respected names in American traditional doom, having rebuilt themselves around 2011 with an emphasis on powerful, blues-rooted riffing and commanding vocal performances. They occupy a space where classic doom meets Southern rock swagger, slow and hypnotic without sacrificing genuine emotional weight. Over more than a decade they have proven themselves one of the Pacific Northwest's essential heavy acts.
A very recent arrival from Santa Cruz, California, Witch Whores of Satan formed in 2024 and lean into the fuzz-soaked stoner doom aesthetic with a name that signals absolutely no interest in subtlety. Santa Cruz's countercultural coastal identity feeds naturally into their hazy, riff-forward approach. Still in their earliest days, they are already carving out space in the California underground with pure heaviness.
Stoner/doom metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden formed in 2022. Witch-Killer channels heavy stoner doom from Sweden's west coast music hub.
Stoner and doom metal band from Hämeenlinna, Finland formed in 2021. Witchanger conjures heavy, psychedelic doom from the Tavastian heartland with a witchcraft-themed aesthetic.
Doom and sludge metal band from England active since 2017. Witchapter channels the weight of doom and sludge through an occult, sabbath-worshipping aesthetic.
Portland, Oregon's Witchbones have been operating since 2014 in the slow-moving territory where death metal meets funeral doom — crushing, suffocating, and utterly deliberate. Their sound eschews speed for density, piling on layers of guttural heaviness that demand patience from the listener. They are a fixture of Portland's consistently strong underground metal scene.
San Antonio doom metal with soaring vocals. Classic doom with a Texas edge.
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