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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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Sludge metal act from Vila do Conde on Portugal's northern Atlantic coast, active since 2010. Crushing Sun has delivered over a decade of heavyweight sludge from the Minho littoral.
Providence sludge metal outfit dragging the weight of Rhode Island's underground through thick, distorted low-end murk. Their sound is slow, oppressive, and rooted in the abrasive American sludge tradition.
Dallas sludge outfit Cryowitch drag listeners through slow, tar-thick riffs soaked in Southern weight and occult menace. Their music crawls forward with deliberate, suffocating heaviness.
Doom-sludge act from Moscow, active since 2013. Crypt Jaintor delivers crushing, slow-burning heaviness from the Russian capital.
Progressive sludge and post-metal instrumental band from Upper Nazareth, Pennsylvania, building atmospheric and heavy soundscapes that reward patient listening. The band operates at the heavier end of post-metal, favoring texture and dynamics over conventional song structures.
Death-doom-sludge act from Catania, Sicily, active since 2015. Cryptrip merges crushing doom with death metal weight from beneath Mount Etna.
Hailing from the remote West Texas desert town of Marfa, Crystal Deth craft slow, oppressive sludge metal that mirrors the barren landscape around them. Their sound is as desolate and crushing as the Chihuahuan Desert.
Seattle sludge metal project Crōn moves at a punishing, deliberate pace, blending the Pacific Northwest's post-hardcore legacy with thick, down-tuned riffs. Their music is slow-moving, heavy, and corrosive.
Madison, Wisconsin trio Cthonian Lich crawl through a swampy fusion of doom, sludge, and stoner metal, conjuring psychedelic dread from the Midwest. Their riffs move like shifting tectonic plates — slow, heavy, and unstoppable.
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