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Providence, Rhode Island band Churchburn forge a bleak convergence of black metal, doom, and sludge, delivering harrowing, slow-motion devastation across releases on Hells Headbangers and Relapse. Their sound is suffocating and deliberate, built on crushing tempos and corrosive atmosphere.
Columbus, Ohio doom/sludge duo Churches Burn construct massive, slow-crawling dirges that lean heavily on feedback and minimalist songwriting. Their sound is oppressively heavy and desolate, built for endurance rather than aggression.
Portland, Maine band Chäpels combine the aggression of crust punk with the dragging weight of sludge metal, creating rough-edged, anarchic noise that hits hard and moves fast. Their sound is raw and confrontational, indebted to both Discharge and Eyehategod.
Progressive sludge metal act from Sicily, formed in 2025. Ciclope — Italian for 'Cyclops' — brings heavy, progressive textures to the island's metal scene.
Cienaga was a sludge metal band from Rosario, Argentina, whose lineup featured vocalist Isidro Martinez, guitarist Facundo Pereyra, bassist Luciano Dupuy, and drummer Juan Cruz Algaraña. The band recorded their self-titled debut at Sala Elefante in 2017, though the five-track album was not released until 2023, making it a posthumous document of their dense, slow-burning sound.
Raleigh, North Carolina sludge metal act Cigarettesmokingman drag their songs through thick, tar-slow tempos and corrosive guitar tones that owe as much to southern atmosphere as to extreme metal. Their music feels as worn and relentless as the name suggests.
New Orleans doom/stoner/sludge band Cikada channel the murky, humid atmosphere of their city into sprawling, fuzz-drenched compositions that sit at the intersection of southern sludge and psychedelic doom. Their sound draws naturally from the well of Eyehategod and Crowbar.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Piraeus, Greece, formed in 2017. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden heaviness from the Athens port district.
Minneapolis doom/sludge band Circadian Ritual trade in slow, punishing dirges built on massive riffs and grinding repetition. Their music carries the cold, gray weight of a Minnesota winter stretched into sound.
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