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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Doom/sludge metal act from Szeged, formed in 2018. Their music lurches forward with deliberate, oppressive weight, burying the listener beneath layers of corroded guitar tone.
Orvieto (Terni)-based post-metal act active since 2015, building patient, dynamic compositions that arc from whispered ambient passages to walls of crushing distortion. Their sound draws from the tradition of Neurosis and Isis, prioritizing atmosphere and emotional narrative.
Glasgow-based sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2016, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.
Motala-based sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2018, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.
Spanish band from Barcelona, formed in 2016, whose sound evolved from post-metal and rock toward progressive sludge/doom/post-metal. Their expanding sonic palette reflects a deepening commitment to heaviness and complexity.
Post-metal quintet from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, blending alternative metal, grunge, and post-rock since 2015. Their 2020 concept album "Sun Worship Kingdom" features a guest appearance from Rosetta's Mike Armine and was mastered by James Plotkin.
Broughton's Rules is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania instrumental post-rock and math rock band founded in 2009 by members including guitarist Jeff Ellsworth, formerly of Don Caballero and Blunderbuss. Their debut album Bounty Hunter 1853, released on Relapse Records in 2010, was praised for blending heavy post-rock, Krautrock, and Morricone-influenced guitar work, with the band explicitly distancing themselves from technical math rock conventions in favor of song-first composition. Their instrumental approach positions them at the intersection of Don Caballero's angular math formalism and the more atmospheric textures of post-metal.
Milan-based post-doom outfit active since 2023, building dynamic compositions that arc between quiet introspection and crushing, distortion-soaked climaxes. Their patient approach to heavy music rewards the listener with cathartic crescendos born from extended tension.
Doom and post-metal outfit from Paris, formed in 2019. Their demo material signals a sound built on crushing slow tempos and expansive, layered heaviness characteristic of the French post-metal scene.
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