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NHND is a Munich-based project that evolved from drone/doom metal origins into black metal since 2025. The project's abbreviated identity matches their enigmatic approach to extreme metal.
Lviv drone/doom/sludge metal act formed in 2012, crafting immersive, slowly evolving sonic landscapes through the fusion of multiple heavy genres. Their patient, meditative approach to extreme heaviness rewards devoted listening.
Normakk is a multi-faceted extreme music project from Basingstoke, UK, active since 2009, whose sound has evolved from dungeon synth and ambient origins into atmospheric black metal, drone, and noise. Their shapeshifting approach defies easy categorization.
Nothankyou is a raw black metal, noise rock, and drone project from London, UK, active since 2016. The project blurs the lines between raw black metal aggression and the abrasive textures of noise rock and drone.
Tallinn-based black/drone/doom metal project active since 2014, merging three of heavy music's most oppressive subgenres. Estonia's small but dedicated extreme metal scene produces acts of unusual ambition, and this project's genre-fusing approach exemplifies that tendency.
Denver's Orm dwell in the slow, crushing overlap of sludge, drone, and doom metal, crafting music that moves like magma — deliberate, heavy, and indifferent to urgency. The Mile High altitude seems to have had no effect on their desire to go as low and slow as possible.
From the weathered port city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Other Beings conjure suffocating drone-doom and sludge that feels dredged up from the Atlantic floor — slow, monolithic, and relentlessly heavy. Formed in 2012, they operate at the intersection of patience and punishment.
Sludge/drone/doom metal project from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2025. The project delivers crushing, bass-heavy extreme metal at the intersection of three of metal's heaviest subgenres.
Experimental black metal, drone, and noise band from Vasteras, Sweden, active since 2008, pushing extreme music into abrasive noise territory. Over seventeen years of experimental extremity from the Malaren Valley.
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