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Finnish power metal project emerging in 2023. Their monstrous name matches larger-than-life compositions channeling the epic traditions of European power metal through a Finnish lens.
Pasadena's Half Moon Codex operate at the intersection of sludge, drone, and doom — long-form compositions that move with the patience of tectonic plates and the weight to match. Formed in 2018, they're a fixture in the Southern California heavy underground.
Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1994 as In Sect before adopting the Halo name in 1997, the band developed a confrontational sound rooted in drone, sludge, and industrial metal in the tradition of Swans and Godflesh. They relocated to London and released a series of albums including Massive Corporate Disease (1999) and Degree Zero Point of Implosion (2000) that explored themes of societal corruption and post-industrial despair with grinding sonic density. Now operating as a duo of Skye Klein and Robert Allen, Halo have been signed to Relapse Records.
An uncompromising drone/doom metal act from the norwegian underground, active since 2021. Towering riffs and funereal tempos characterize their strain of the genre.
Oakland's Harvestman is the project of Steve Von Till of Neurosis, applying his vision to folk and drone metal of eerie, meditative quality. Active since 2005, the project weaves ancient folk feeling through trance-inducing drone textures in ways that feel genuinely ritualistic.
Hashishian traffic in a slow-moving collision of drone, doom, and stoner metal that feels less like a song and more like sinking. Formed in 2023, the project leans into immense, meditative weight, letting each tone hang in the air long past its welcome.
Sludge/drone/doom metal band from Goettingen, Germany, active since 2010. Their monolithic sound combines the most extreme elements of sludge, drone, and doom into earth-shaking, glacially paced compositions with releases including a split with Rule of Coss.
Chico, California's Hearses combine drone, sludge, and doom into a crushing slow-motion procession built from sustained dissonance and mountainous low-end pressure. Since 2021 they've inhabited the unhurried, suffocating space where all three genres converge.
Blackened drone/doom metal band from Aalborg, Denmark, active since 2016. Their suffocating blend of blackened atmosphere, droning textures, and doom weight creates an oppressive sonic landscape.
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