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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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Ad Nihil creates doom and sludge metal from Vyksa in the Nizhny Novgorod Region since 2018. Their Latin name meaning 'to nothing' captures the nihilistic trajectory of their slow, crushing compositions from this Oka River metallurgical town.
Adom creates sludge and doom metal from Vicenza since 2013, layering crushing heaviness over Palladio's architectural city. Their Hebrew-derived name meaning 'red' or referencing the first human speaks to the primal, earth-bound quality of their Veneto-born heaviness.
Adzes is a sludge and post-metal band from Seattle. Their two full-lengths — "No One Wants To Speak About It" (2020) and "Inver" (2023) — layer massive sludge riffs over post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness, drawing from the Pacific Northwest's deep well of heavy, contemplative music.
Aedra is an atmospheric sludge and post-metal power trio from Aalborg, Denmark, formed in 2008, whose releases Somatopagnosia and No End / Open End deliver powerful electrified cascades of heaviness and subtlety. The band describes their sound as a tornado of flowers and rusty nails, blending organic elements with high-tech textures in the post-Isis tradition of atmospheric heavy music.
Aendsnigh blends black, sludge, and doom metal from Kotlje in the Mežica Valley as of 2026. From this tiny mountain village in the Karavanke Alps of northern Slovenia, they forge multi-genre extremity in extreme geographic isolation.
Kentucky sludge metal project named after the Zoroastrian demon of fury. Ancient Persian rage channeled through Bluegrass heaviness.
Afgrond channels sludge, doom, and post-metal from Haarlem as of 2025. Their Dutch name meaning 'abyss' guides a sound that plunges into the heaviest depths of slow-motion extremity from this North Holland city.
After Dark is a heavy metal band from Sacramento, California that blends classic metal with punk energy. Their full-length "New Dawn Rising" (2021) and its 2024 expanded edition showcase a band rooted in the raw, no-frills intersection of metal and punk.
After Fall is a sludge metal band from Lake Worth, Florida. Their 2016 full-length "Seasons after Fall" is a mammoth forty-three-track release that suggests an experimental, sprawling approach to sludge metal.
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