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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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Melodic doom/death metal project from Gmünd, Austria, formed in 2018. They meld the sorrowful melodies of doom metal with death metal's guttural intensity.
German doom metal band from Freiburg im Breisgau, formed in 2019. Named after the legendary Harz mountain peak, they craft heavy, fog-laden doom metal from the Black Forest region.
Death/doom metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2024. They fuse death metal's aggression with doom's overwhelming weight.
Landgraaf-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2025, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Bydgoszcz-based funeral doom project active since 2018, stretching compositions to their absolute breaking point through glacial tempos and overwhelming sonic density. Their music moves with the slow inevitability of geological time.
Athens-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2009, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Lovecraft-obsessed one-man project of droning black metal colliding with funeral doom. Three albums on Moribund Records before dissolving in 2008 after just two years.
Milan-based post-doom outfit active since 2023, building dynamic compositions that arc between quiet introspection and crushing, distortion-soaked climaxes. Their patient approach to heavy music rewards the listener with cathartic crescendos born from extended tension.
Doom/stoner metal band from Dijon, France, formed in 2021. Their releases including A Hundred Times deliver heavy, fuzz-laden riffs rooted in the doom and stoner traditions.
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