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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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Newcastle drone/doom mystics channeling Middle Eastern textures and psychedelic meditation through glacial, extended compositions since 2005. With over fifty releases including eight studio albums, they have performed at Roadburn Festival and shared stages with Sunn O))), establishing themselves as a cornerstone of UK drone metal.
German drone/doom/stoner metal band from Dortmund, formed in 2017. They layer droning riffs over doom and stoner metal foundations with a haze-induced ritualistic approach.
Bydgoszcz-based funeral doom project active since 2018, stretching compositions to their absolute breaking point through glacial tempos and overwhelming sonic density. Their music moves with the slow inevitability of geological time.
Doom and drone metal project from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2014. They craft massive, slow-moving walls of sound that explore the heaviest extremes of low-tempo metal.
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Doom-drone-sludge metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2010. They craft massive, slow-moving walls of sound from the West Country's vibrant heavy music scene.
Denton doom and drone project born in 2025, weaving slow, hypnotic tones into extended meditations on weight and desolation.
Doom and drone metal band from France, formed in 2015. They craft massive, slow-moving walls of sound exploring the heaviest extremes of low-tempo metal.
Oshkosh's Cavernlight are a deeply mournful doom/drone/post-metal project whose music unfolds like an extended grief ritual — slow, crushing, and suffused with genuine desolation alongside acts like Thou and Bell Witch.
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