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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.
Sludge/Drone/Doom Metal force from Athens, searing and relentless since 2015. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
An established sludge/drone/doom metal voice from Budapest, contributing to Hungary's underground since 2015. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Carrollton, Georgia's Her Name Is Death emerged in 2025 with a triptych of doom, drone, and sludge that moves like a slow flood — irreversible and all-consuming. One of the newer acts in the Southern heavy underground, their intentions are already unmistakably bleak.
Based in Clermont-Ferrand, this sludge/drone/doom metal project has been a fixture of France's underground since 2010. Massive, slow-building riffs and cavernous atmospheres define their doom approach.
Hexendrone is a sludge/drone/doom metal band from Krasnodar, Russia, formed in 2024. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Neo-psychedelic doom metal from Amsterdam
Drone-laced riffs and thunderous grooves with bluesy vocals and electric violin in a maelstrom of feedback, loops, and effects.
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