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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)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Der_Warrior is a drone/doom metal project from Cologne-Ehrenfeld, Germany, active since 2011. They create massive, slowly evolving walls of sound through droning doom.
Deveikuth is a drone/funeral doom metal and crust band from Aix-en-Provence, France, formed in 2015. They create crushing, ritualistic doom fused with crust from Provence.
DevilsHarvest is a drone/doom/sludge metal band from Hagen, Germany, formed in 2024. They create massive, oppressive walls of droning doom and sludge.
From Galliano, deep in Louisiana's Lafourche Parish bayou country, Dhyana have been channeling the region's eerie stillness into drone/doom metal since 2021. Their sound is slow, heavy, and hypnotic — the musical equivalent of watching dark water move under cypress trees.
Dopemachine plays sludge/drone/post-metal from Saint Petersburg, active since 2015 and constructing massive, sustained sonic architectures from three of metal's heaviest subgenres. Their narcotic-apparatus name suits music designed to overwhelm and sedate through sheer tonal weight.
Dreare is an instrumental three-piece from Hostivice, Czech Republic, originally formed in 2008 and operating under the Dreare name since 2011. Their heavy drone and post-progressive sound features riffy, repetitive melodies layered with synths and noise, explored across albums like "Foregone" and "Portaali."
Drone Rivers is a black metal/drone project from Haderslev, Denmark, formed in 2018. They merge black metal's intensity with hypnotic drone repetition.
Droner is a sludge, doom, and grunge band from London, formed in 2023 and known for their heavy, raw sound that has earned features on major stoner doom platforms. Their releases include the Stone Sludge and Doom demo, the Salt EP, and the album Herbicide, building a dedicated underground following.
Dayton, Ohio's Drowner approach heavy music from multiple angles at once — their sound stacks blackened atmosphere on top of droning sludge on top of doom's slow collapse, arriving at something genuinely disorienting in the best possible way. Active since 2022, they belong to a tradition of Midwestern bands that find emotional extremity in sonic density.
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