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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Doom and sludge metal band from Kryvia, Belarus, formed in 2020 as part of the Fort of Eerie Doom collective. They play what they call apocalyptic space eerie doom, blending crushing low-end weight with psychedelic and cosmic textures.
Sludge metal act originally from Moscow, active since 2011. Cosmonauts Day — named after the Soviet space holiday — delivers heavy, atmospheric sludge with a cosmic bent.
Minneapolis sludge band Couch bury their riffs under layers of distortion and feedback, playing slow and heavy with a sardonic edge baked into the name. Their music drags with purpose, each note carrying significant weight.
Richmond, Virginia's Cough are one of the defining names in American doom and sludge metal, known for suffocating low-tuned riffs and punishing tempos. Their albums feel like descending into a tar pit — slow, dark, and inescapable.
Sludge-stoner act from the Netherlands, formed in 2024. Cough Syrup with the Goths — a memorably eccentric name — delivers heavy, haze-drenched sludge.
Jacksonville doom/sludge duo Count the Dead play with the kind of bleak economy that the genres demand — slow riffs, heavy hearts, no excess. Their Florida roots add a sun-bleached desolation to the characteristic sludge murk.
Wilmington, Delaware's Count von Count deliver heavy sludge metal that doesn't take itself too seriously while still hitting hard. Behind the tongue-in-cheek name is a band that knows how to craft a slow, grinding assault.
New Jersey sludge outfit whose slow, crushing riffs drag through tar and feedback with little mercy. Their material leans into heavy repetition and a palpable sense of self-destruction.
New York doom and sludge act that wallows in oppressive tempos and dense, distorted heaviness. Their sound sits at the intersection of grief and fury, slow-burning and suffocating.
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