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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Salzburg-based sludge/post-metal act formed in 2022, with releases including "Exitus Triumphalis" and "The Ardent Weight Of Thoughts" that explore crushing heaviness and atmospheric depth. Their sound bridges the physical weight of sludge metal with the expansive dynamics of post-metal.
Swamp Druid is a sludge/post-metal band from Gainesville, Florida, formed in 2020, weaving expansive, slow-burning heaviness with atmospheric passages informed by Florida's humid, oppressive environment.
Salt Lake City's Swarmer blends post-metal, sludge, and stoner metal into expansive, riff-heavy soundscapes, drawing on the high desert's isolation for their dense, layered approach since forming in 2018.
Sylth crafts doom and post-metal from Toulouse, active since 2014. Their compositions unfold with patient deliberation, building from whispered tension to crushing, cathartic release through carefully orchestrated dynamic arcs.
Reykjavik's Sólstafir have evolved from their black metal origins into one of Iceland's most internationally celebrated bands, blending post-metal, Viking themes, and atmospheric rock since their re-emergence in 2011. Their music captures the vast, windswept beauty and melancholy of the Icelandic landscape.
Telepathy is an atmospheric sludge/post-metal band from Colchester, Essex, active since 2011, crafting heavy cinematic instrumental music that alternates between dreamlike passages and crushing sonic intensity. Their 2025 album 'Transmissions' continues their exploration of atmospheric depth across seven extended compositions spanning over 50 minutes.
Dallas heavy trio fusing drone, doom, post-rock, noise, grunge, and classic metal.
Ypres post-metal band Tephrosis blend progressive metal and atmospheric post-metal into cinematic, layered compositions they describe as 'thought-provoking.' Their 2018 full-length Reform, released via Dust & Bones Records, is the centerpiece of their catalog, joined by the Clouded Minds EP and the standalone release Abyss.
Terraform from Brighton craft doom and post-metal that reshapes sonic landscapes with the planet-engineering ambition their science-fiction name demands since 2013. Over a decade of world-building compositions from the Sussex coast has produced immersive, environmental heaviness.
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