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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Worcestershire's At War with the Sun emerged in 2022 wielding a potent combination of doom and sludge metal, crafting songs that lumber with oppressive weight before erupting into cathartic, feedback-drenched crescendos. Their sound captures the bleakness suggested by their name.
Atacama Death Experience delivers sludge metal from Rovereto in Trentino since 2014, named after the world's driest desert. From the Alpine north of Italy, they create music of arid desolation that contrasts sharply with their lush mountain surroundings.
Manchester's Atavist are purveyors of crushing doom, drone, and sludge metal, crafting monolithic compositions that move at glacial pace through landscapes of despair and misanthropy. Formed in 2004 and signed to Candlelight Records, they released landmark albums like 'II: Ruined' before a lengthy hiatus and eventual reformation.
Athon channels sludge metal from Varese in northwestern Lombardy since 2017. Their monolithic name matches the dense, slow-moving heaviness they craft in the shadow of the Pre-Alps.
Dallas hardcore punk and sludge project with three releases since 2018. The Inglewood Tapes series captures raw, unvarnished aggression from the DFW underground — punk-inflected sludge that hits like a withdrawal from a cash machine that only dispenses punishment.
London's Atomic Fog generate a dense cloud of doom, sludge, and stoner metal, layering fuzz-soaked riffs over lumbering rhythms that evoke a radioactive wasteland. Since 2018, they've been crafting apocalyptic heaviness with a nod to Electric Wizard and Eyehategod.
Atomic Trip channels doom, sludge, and stoner metal from Lyon since 2017, creating psychedelic heavy music from France's gastronomic capital. Their name promises exactly the kind of mind-altering sonic journey their heavy grooves deliver.
Oakland/San Francisco sludge metal project with deep roots stretching back to 2003. Five releases including the lowercase-titled atone summer beats and beyond the clouds reveal a veteran act that has evolved from pure sludge into more atmospheric territory across two decades.
Chicago post-metal/sludge act crafting atmospheric heaviness from the Windy City, blending shoegaze textures with crushing sludge in the tradition of Neurosis and Isis.
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