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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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Slovenian doom/sludge outfit active since 2013, dragging their compositions through a swamp of distortion, feedback, and crushing tempos. Their sound sits at the punishing intersection where doom metal's patience meets sludge's confrontational aggression.
Belgian drone and funeral doom project from Aalst, active since 2003, creating "desolate and minimalistic funeral drones." Their releases including "Voidgaze" and "Desolate" are among the most extreme expressions of slowness and despair in Belgian extreme metal.
Stoner doom act from Groningen, formed in 2017. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Nottingham-based drone and funeral doom duo of Tanya on bass, synth, and vocals and Joe on drums, active since 2013. Their discography includes collaborations with Vile Creature and Gnaw Their Tongues, and the environmentally themed The Slow Dying of the Great Barrier Reef, pushing the boundaries of heavy, glacial extremity.
Roermond-based doom/sludge outfit active since 2009, dragging their compositions through a swamp of distortion, feedback, and crushing tempos. Their sound sits at the punishing intersection where doom metal's patience meets sludge's confrontational aggression.
Blackened drone/doom metal project from the UK, active since 2014. Their work merges the suffocating weight of drone and doom with blackened atmospherics.
German sludge/drone/doom metal band from Mannheim, active since 2006. Known for their punishing wall of sound built from unrelenting riffs and tortured vocals, their 80-minute album Negative Black is described as brutal, creepy, and relentless -- the predecessor project to Bellrope.
Funeral doom entity from Oslo, formed in 2002. Their compositions unfold over vast stretches of time, building cavernous walls of distorted guitar that press down with the weight of a collapsing universe.
London-based doom/sludge outfit active since 2024, dragging their compositions through a swamp of distortion, feedback, and crushing tempos. Their sound sits at the punishing intersection where doom metal's patience meets sludge's confrontational aggression.
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