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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Danish funeral doom and death metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2010. They specialize in glacially slow, devastating funeral doom with death metal underpinnings.
Atmospheric doom, black, and post-metal act from Graz, Austria, formed in 2018 under the motto "no ideals / no identity." Their releases including "Satori" and "Lure" channel mystical and introspective themes through layered, slow-burning heaviness.
Spanish death/doom metal band from Vic in Catalonia, formed in 2024. They craft shrouded death-doom from the interior of the Catalan countryside.
Przemyśl-based thrash/stoner metal act active since 2013, fusing thrash metal's riff-driven aggression with stoner metal's fuzz-drenched groove. Their unconventional hybrid delivers both headbanging intensity and heavy, laid-back swagger.
German death/doom/black metal band from Düsseldorf, formed in 2013. They draw from three pillars of extreme metal for a dense, multifaceted sound.
Västerås-based doom/groove metal act active since 2009, anchoring their heavy, deliberate compositions in syncopated rhythms that generate both crushing weight and involuntary headbanging. Their sound combines doom's patience with groove metal's physical impact.
Spanish stoner/doom metal and progressive rock band from Cádiz, formed in 2023. They blend stoner-doom heaviness with progressive rock's expansive structures from the Andalusian coast.
Spanish funeral doom metal band from León, formed in 2022. They specialize in glacially slow, devastatingly heavy funeral doom inspired by barren, blasted landscapes.
Spanish doom/death/sludge metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2017. They merge three crushing subgenres into a massive, suffocating wall of sound.
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