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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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I the Witch is a drone/doom/sludge metal act from Lazio, Italy, active since 2017 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Ignis is a black/drone/doom metal act from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2013 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.
Il Vuoto is a drone/funeral doom metal project from Piacenza, Italy, active since 2015 and crafting glacially slow, suffocating heaviness at the most oppressive tempos in extreme metal. The project plumbs the depths of despair through crushing, extended compositions.
In Lugubre Tenebris is a funeral doom metal/drone, dungeon synth project from Cuneo, Italy, active since 2025 and crafting glacially slow, suffocating heaviness at the most oppressive tempos in extreme metal. The project plumbs the depths of despair through crushing, extended compositions.
Iron Warthog is a German drone/doom metal project formed in 2022, exploring the most minimal and hypnotic extremes of heavy music. The band builds immense, sustained tones that vibrate at the lowest frequencies of the doom spectrum.
Metal band from Vantaa that has evolved from black/doom metal origins into drone/doom territory, active since 2020. Their sound explores the heaviest, most repetitive side of doom metal.
Ivy Crescent is a sludge metal, drone band from Brighton, United Kingdom, active since 2022 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
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