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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Chicago's Errant grafts the abrasion and cold fury of black metal onto post-metal's patience for expansive, emotionally textured compositions. Formed in 2020, the band channels the Midwest's long winters and urban density into music that is simultaneously claustrophobic and yearning.
Post-metal and sludge band from Astigarraga in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2014. Their self-titled debut features four expansive tracks of heavy, atmospheric sludge, released on 180g transparent vinyl through Chaos666.
Esche is a Swiss ensemble from Bern operating at the intersection of chamber music and experimental composition, releasing their debut album Leiser Protest in 2016 and the follow-up Der Dichter Spricht in 2018. The project, led by pianist Luzius Schuler alongside violinist Laura Schuler and double bassist Lisa Hoppe, received recognition from Swiss national broadcaster SRF and international jazz press. While catalogued under post-metal in some directories, their primary mode is contemporary chamber jazz with somber, introspective textures.
Doom, post-metal, and sludge band formed remotely between Vigo and Valencia, Spain in 2022. Their self-titled debut was born from pure chance when guitar pedal demos became full songs, recorded entirely DIY with a Zoom H4n Pro.
Pruszcz Gdański/Gdańsk's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this post-metal and progressive metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
New Jersey's Eternal Fuzz have been dialing up mammoth stoner doom and post-metal walls of fuzz since 2009, their sound as thick and unhurried as a summer afternoon that refuses to end. Cranbury Township has produced one of the Garden State's most reliably heavy acts.
Exploring the depths of doom metal and post-metal, this Dutch outfit has been refining their craft since 2025. Their sound hinges on cavernous low-end and hypnotic repetition, delivered with fierce commitment.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels post-metal with a focus on Iron Maiden harmonies refracted through a death metal lens. Formed in 2019, based in Petrozavodsk, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.
Post-metal act from Dortmund in Germany's Ruhr Valley, crafting expansive, atmospheric compositions since 2016. Their German name, meaning "eternally finite," captures the philosophical tension between permanence and impermanence in their sound.
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