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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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Wilmington, North Carolina's Baag traffics in the slow-moving punishment of doom and sludge metal, a project that has been carving out a heavy, feedback-drenched presence in the Southeast underground since 2018.
Danish sludge metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 2015. They deliver toxic, crushing sludge metal from the Danish capital.
Philadelphia power-violence and grindcore trio who describe their music as Eternal Microbursts of Electric Power, releasing a string of EPs and split 7-inches including records with Nimbus Terrifix and Chainsaw to the Face alongside albums such as Primordial Paranoia and Psychic Rot.
Sludge metal band from Glasgow, formed in 2019. They bring the weight and abrasive heaviness of the sludge tradition to the Scottish underground metal scene.
Orlando progressive and sludge metal band active from around 2013, blending slow-burning sludge weight with progressive song structures in the fertile Florida extreme metal underground.
Oakland sludge metal and crust band active from around 2013, fusing the abrasive weight of sludge with the rawer urgency of crust punk.
Sludge/stoner metal and hard rock band from Nottingham, self-described purveyors of speed doom. Their releases including Mood Poisoning and Fantasy Dealer deliver crushing low-end riffs to the East Midlands underground.
Fort Wayne, Indiana sludge and doom outfit channeling misanthropy, crime, and despair into crushingly heavy riffs, building a relentlessly bleak sonic portrait since 2017.
German blackened sludge/doom metal trio from Osnabrück, formed in 2016. Their self-described sound combines slow, devastating doom with blackened intensity, earning praise for its bleak, emotional heaviness across releases like their 2020 self-titled debut.
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