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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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Abused Keyhole delivers stoner and doom metal from Naples since 2020, a city whose chaotic energy and ancient subterranean passages seem to feed their hazy, heavy sound. Their surreal name matches the lysergic quality of Neapolitan stoner doom.
Abysmal Darkening has crafted black and doom metal from Tilburg since 2011, contributing to the North Brabant city's vibrant metal scene that centers around the prestigious Roadburn Festival. Their fusion of black and doom metal suits Tilburg's identity as a pilgrimage site for underground heavy music.
Abysmal Growls of Despair delivers some of France's most crushing funeral doom and drone metal from Toulouse since 2013, creating compositions of glacial pace and suffocating atmosphere. Their descriptive name leaves nothing to the imagination about the depths of desolation their music explores.
Abysmal Rites conjures doom and sludge metal from Tampere since 2022, channeling the weight of Finland's heaviest traditions into ritualistic compositions. Their approach to the low-and-slow end of the spectrum draws from the region's deep doom metal legacy.
Colossal Blackened Death / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Abyss is a thrash and death metal band from McAllen, Texas. Operating from the Rio Grande Valley, the band contributes to the South Texas extreme metal underground.
Abyss Angel creates death and doom metal from Moscow since 2024. Their contradictory name — a celestial being from the depths — drives compositions that negotiate between the divine and the infernal.
Abyssian creates gothic and doom metal from Milan since 2014, their name suggesting the depths from which their darkly romantic sound emerges. Over a decade of activity has refined their blend of elegance and heaviness within Lombardy's metal scene.
Abyssic crafts symphonic doom and death metal from Haslum near Oslo since 2024, creating vast, orchestrally enriched compositions of crushing deliberation. Their cavernous name captures the oceanic depths their music plumbs.
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