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Atmospheric/funeral doom metal project from Tampere, formed in 2022 with a Finnish name meaning "into the coldness." Their glacially slow compositions channel the numbing, frozen weight of Finnish winter through doom metal's most extreme form.
Richmond, Virginia's Lair descend into funeral doom and sludge territory so low and slow it feels geological, pressing listeners into the earth one agonizing riff at a time. Formed in 2019, they've become one of the South's most crushing doom acts.
Ukrainian funeral doom metal band from Rivne, crafting glacially-paced compositions of devastating weight since 2012. Their evocative name captures the utopian longing within their crushingly heavy funeral doom.
Lethargy of Death is a solo funeral doom project from Santiago, Chile, created and operated entirely by the musician Emiaj, who began composing under this name in 2000. The project's debut full-length, Necrology, was released in August 2010 through the Russian label Endless Winter, featuring seven tracks across 57 minutes built around orchestrated keyboards and atmospheric guitars in the vein of Skepticism and Shape of Despair. Prior releases include two EPs, Tribulations (2005) and Robe of Death (2006).
German funeral doom metal project from Dinkelsbuhl, founded in 2021 by Benjamin Hampel and debuting with the 2025 album 'Lindisfarne.' The three-track release features glacially-paced compositions with both harsh and clean vocals across fifteen minutes of crushing funeral doom.
German funeral doom band from Freiburg, releasing crushing, glacially-paced compositions since 2014, now on High Roller Records. Their 2026 album 'Exequiae' features a nearly 25-minute opening track, exploring existential despair through dense harmonies and overwhelming heaviness.
Finnish funeral doom metal band from Jyvaskyla, crafting glacially-paced compositions since 2009. Their sound channels the sub-genre's most extreme slowness and overwhelming weight through sustained, mourning-drenched heaviness.
Swedish funeral doom metal project active since 2013, crafting glacially-paced compositions of oceanic depth. Their name, meaning 'light of the ocean,' channels the vast, luminous depths of their funeral doom.
Finnish funeral doom metal project from Vantaa, formed in 2023 and crafting glacially-paced compositions of crushing heaviness. Their occult-tinged name reflects the dark, ritualistic atmosphere of their funeral doom.
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