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Named for a star in the Serpens constellation, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin's Order of Unukalhai weave black metal, doom, and post-metal into cosmic, slow-burning compositions that feel genuinely vast. Their music reaches for something distant and cold, like starlight arriving from the deep past.
Post-metal and crust punk crossover from Białystok in northeastern Poland, active since 2016. Their socially conscious name accompanies expansive post-metal paired with crust punk's raw political energy.
Winterthur atmospheric black/post-metal project emerging in 2022, blending the textural depth of post-metal with the tonal palette of atmospheric black metal. Their sound inhabits the contemplative space where heaviness meets ambient expansiveness.
Melodic and progressive doom/sludge/post-metal band from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2015. Their 2015 debut Waves features four extended instrumental compositions blending atmospheric post-rock with heavy post-metal, recorded and mixed by Juha Simola.
Toulouse's Oxus crafts expansive post-metal that builds through patient crescendos and atmospheric tension before releasing into walls of distorted guitar. Their instrumental approach prioritizes dynamic storytelling over vocal-driven songwriting.
Progressive, doom, and post-metal band from Reading, England, formed in 2024, crafting dynamic compositions that traverse multiple heavy music territories. They blend progressive ambition with the weight of doom and post-metal.
Progressive and post-metal band from Greece, formed in 2017, exploring the boundaries of perception through expansive, dynamic compositions. They blend progressive complexity with post-metal's atmospheric weight.
Hamburg's Perses emerged in 2020 with a blackened post-metal vision that prizes atmosphere and dynamics over blast-beat fury. Named for the Titan of destruction, their sound favors slow-building tension and cathartic release, reflecting the Hanseatic port city's moody, maritime character.
Sludge, doom, and post-metal band from Falun, Sweden, formed in 2014, delivering crushing, phantom-like heaviness from the Dalarna region. Over a decade of spectral sludge.
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