World Metal Index

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Cosmia

Dallas, TX, US · active
Expansive Atmospheric Black / Post-Metal out of Texas.
Atmospheric Black MetalBlack MetalPost-Metal

Creaturess

Portland, OR, US · 2024–present · active
Portland doom and post-metal band building vast, slow-burn soundscapes from heavy, resonant foundations. Creaturess draws on the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric heaviness to craft music that breathes and suffocates in equal measure.
Doom MetalPost-Metal

Crosta

Faro, PT · 2016–present · active
Post-metal-sludge-stoner act from Faro in the Algarve, active since 2016. Crosta — Portuguese for 'crust' — delivers heavy, atmospheric post-metal from Portugal's sunny south.
Post-MetalSludge MetalStoner Metal

Crouch

Ghent, BE · 2006–present · active
Sludge and post-metal band from Ghent, Belgium, active since 2006. They layer heavy sludge textures with post-metal atmospherics, creating expansive and crushing soundscapes from one of Flanders' cultural capitals.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

Crowfeeder

Boston, MA, US · 2014–present · active
Boston's Crowfeeder channels the bleak introspection of post-metal through a sludge lens, building slow, towering structures out of distorted guitars and atmospheric tension. Their music rewards patient listening with a sense of weight that accumulates over time.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

Crows of Odin

Evansville, IN, US · 2017–present · active
Evansville, Indiana's Crows of Odin occupy the bleak intersection of doom, sludge, and post-metal, building cavernous soundscapes from feedback, deliberate tempos, and a mythology-steeped atmosphere. Their music feels ancient and oppressively heavy.
Doom MetalPost-MetalSludge Metal

Culak

TX, US · 2017–present · active
Prolific one-man project with over fifteen full-lengths since 2013. Unpredictable, genre-bending compositions blending doom, prog, and symphonic elements.
Black MetalDoom MetalPost-Black MetalPost-Metal

Cult of Luna

Umeå, SE · 2001–present · active
Post-metal and sludge act from Umeå, active since 2001. Cult of Luna is one of Sweden's most internationally acclaimed post-metal bands, pioneering atmospheric, cinematic heaviness over more than two decades.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

Cult of the Lost Cause

Denver, CO, US · 2013–present · active
Denver's Cult of the Lost Cause are a fully instrumental post-metal quartet who sculpt dynamic, adventurously structured songs from frigid, metallic guitar tones and commanding volume shifts. Since 2011, they've drawn comparisons to Rosetta, ISIS, and Russian Circles while staking their own territory in the Denver underground.
Post-Metal

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