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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Experimental drone, sludge, and doom metal project from Saint Petersburg, formed on the ruins of the band Cenobite as a tandem of two guitarists exploring the depths of consciousness. Their 2024 album Maledictum Iter incorporates saxophone, horns, and industrial elements alongside crushing guitars, described as 'a soundtrack to a journey into the darkest corners of the mind.'
Stoner/drone/doom metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2016 and named after the Icelandic word for a volcanic eruption. Their sound layers stoner grooves over drone-like foundations with doom metal's crushing heaviness.
Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels black metal and drone metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2013, based in North Holland, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.
Drone/doom/black/death metal project from Dusseldorf, formed in 2020 and pushing extreme metal into its most crushing, hypnotic territory. Their multi-genre approach spans the heaviest and most experimental reaches of metal.
New York's Khanate are one of extreme music's most uncompromising acts — their drone/doom sound is not so much music as an endurance test, sculpting suffocating noise and anguished vocals into harrowing monuments since 2001.
Drone/doom/sludge metal outfit from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2006 and drawing comparisons to Corrupted, Khanate, and Burning Witch. Since their formation they have "fervently explored the boundaries of esoteric music, from minimalist noise to live improvisation and psychedelic mantra," channeling aggravated sludge and noise into punishing compositions.
Sludge/drone/doom metal and noise band from Kiel, formed in 2019 and exploring the most experimental reaches of extreme heaviness. Their sound pushes past conventional song structures into territory where sludge, drone, and noise converge.
Drone/doom metal project from Lower Saxony, formed in 2023 and exploring the most meditative, hypnotic reaches of extreme heaviness. Their cosmic-named project delivers vast, slow-moving compositions that hover between drone and doom.
Heavy duo from Norwich featuring Jade Ashleigh Squires and Thom Longdin, blending doom, sludge, drone, and psychedelic elements since 2018 on Church Road Records. Their albums Here Lies Kulk, We Spare Nothing, and It Gets Worse build atmospheric, crushing compositions from a deceptively minimal two-piece setup.
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