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Intaglio is a funeral doom metal project from Oryol, Russia, active since 2005 and crafting glacially slow, suffocating heaviness at the most oppressive tempos in extreme metal. The project plumbs the depths of despair through crushing, extended compositions.
Jasenovac is a funeral doom metal project from Spain, started in the fall of 2019 and dedicated to the slowest and heaviest form of extreme metal. Their releases including Rotten in Dismal Isolation and Wounds of Bitter Failure channel crushing, glacial riffs and oppressive atmospheres that define the funeral doom genre.
Named after the mythical Lovecraftian city of the gods, Kadath are a funeral doom outfit from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, conjuring glacially slow, suffocating heaviness since 2018. Their music wallows in sorrow and enormity, built for listeners who find comfort in the abyss.
Ambient black/funeral doom metal project from Finland, formed in 2016 with a name meaning "lost" in Finnish. Their sound merges ambient black metal's atmospheric expansiveness with funeral doom's glacial heaviness.
Moscow-based funeral doom and dark ambient project active since 2013, exploring Christian thematic elements through crushing, glacially paced compositions. Releases like weeping and gnashing of teeth draw on biblical imagery, pairing sludge-heavy riffs with oppressive atmospherics across extended tracks.
Funeral doom metal project from Wales, active since 2015 and specializing in the genre's most glacially paced, emotionally crushing extremes. The project builds vast, sorrowful compositions defined by impossibly slow tempos and suffocating heaviness.
Funeral doom/death metal band from Brest in Brittany, active since 2016 and delivering glacially slow, crushing compositions from the western tip of France. Their chemical-formula name (potassium nitrate, aka saltpeter) adds explosive potential beneath their glacial surface.
Greek-born, Wales-based multi-instrumentalist active since 2005, best known as the creative force behind the funeral doom and atmospheric metal project Pantheist. His solo work under his own name creates atmospheric music "for black hearts," spanning ambient, neoclassical, and funeral doom across releases like Dark Flights and Chamber of Isolation.
Funeral doom metal/ambient project from the Baltic island of Usedom, active since 2011 and crafting glacially slow, cosmic compositions. Their seaside isolation and cosmic scope produce some of the most meditative heavy music in the German underground.
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