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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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Cheboksary-based sludge metal act, active since 2025 delivering glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Austin's Esclavo — Spanish for "slave" — crawls through the sludge and doom underground with the heavy, chain-dragging gait implied by its name. Since 2010 the band has cultivated a sound rooted in the slow, suffocating tradition of Southern sludge, earning its place in a city with a rich history of underground heaviness.
Sludge/doom punk duo from Ponferrada, Spain consisting of Samuel on drums and Ivan on bass, active since 2013. Their raw, stripped-down approach to doom and sludge channels maximum heaviness through minimal instrumentation.
Doom, post-metal, and sludge band formed remotely between Vigo and Valencia, Spain in 2022. Their self-titled debut was born from pure chance when guitar pedal demos became full songs, recorded entirely DIY with a Zoom H4n Pro.
Black metal, crust punk, and sludge band from Manchester, England active since 2012. They fuse raw punk energy with blackened sludge from the industrial north.
Death, doom, and sludge metal act from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2025. They deliver crushing, slow-burning extremity from the Catalan capital's underground.
Sludge doom band from Vigo, Galicia, Spain founded in 2010, evolved from a drone doom project into a primarily sludge doom outfit. Their catalog includes Neurosis EP, Podrido Por Dentro, and the 2022 EP Aislamiento, blending funeral doom, DSBM vocals, and stoner influences.
Estonian act from Tallinn that evolved from stoner rock into a heavier blend of stoner, sludge, and doom metal since 2012. Their punning name merges "Estonia" with "stoner," reflecting their national identity within the global stoner/doom scene.
Mattoon, Illinois' Eternal Collapse drag sludge and doom through rural desolation, producing a sound that feels as bleak and sprawling as central Illinois farmland under a winter sky. Formed in 2019, they are one of the more understated heavyweights in the state.
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