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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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Lviv-based sludge metal act active since 2020, delivering corrosive, feedback-drenched heaviness that grinds forward with hostile intent. Their sound channels the genre's essential aggression through punishingly distorted guitar tones and abrasive vocals.
Sludge metal outfit from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2015. Their music moves with the grinding inevitability of industrial machinery, all corroded tones and barely controlled fury.
Arnhem/Bennekom-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2012, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
St. Albans-based stoner/sludge metal outfit active since 2012, laying down thick, fuzz-caked riffs that move at a lumbering, hypnotic pace. Their sound occupies the hazy intersection where stoner metal's psychedelic warmth meets sludge's abrasive hostility.
Leeds-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2012, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Stoner doom act from Russia, formed in 2019. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Doom/sludge metal act from Szeged, formed in 2018. Their music lurches forward with deliberate, oppressive weight, burying the listener beneath layers of corroded guitar tone.
Glasgow-based sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2016, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.
Wigan-based sonic alchemists blending sludge, psych, stoner doom, and progressive rock into a singular, unpredictable brew since 2010. Across five albums culminating in 2021's Family the Smiling Thrush, they have carved out a reputation for ambitious, genre-defying compositions that defy easy categorization.
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