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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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When Electricjezus emerged in 2012 from Dmitrov, they brought with them a sound rooted in doom metal and sludge metal — all Southern-fried heaviness with hardcore punk's confrontational energy. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Electrozombies are a Santiago trio — Comegato on guitar and vocals, Marcela Z on fuzz bass, and Paola Z on drums — playing a down-tuned blend of old-school death metal, sludge, and crust. Their discography includes the 2013 full-length Skull of Chaos and the 2024 album Ancestral Terror, with the band drawing conceptual inspiration from consumerism, electrification, and slow, putrid heaviness.
Black metal, doom, and sludge band from Reykjavik, Iceland formed in 2021. They channel the harsh volcanic landscapes through extreme metal.
Portland's Elitist refuse to stay in one lane — their sound drags sludge's suffocating weight through grindcore velocity and crust punk fury, occasionally dropping into straight death metal savagery without warning.
Denver's Elk Hunter arrived in 2025 dragging metalcore's angular energy through sludge's mire, the band's mile-high origin reflected in a suffocating, high-altitude heaviness.
Rochester's Elkhound emerged in 2024 with sludge metal that favors the slow grind over flash, building tension through sheer heaviness and the kind of pacing that lets each riff breathe before crushing you under it.
New York's Elks straddle the line between traditional heavy metal and sludge, pulling riff-craft from both traditions to create something that hits with genuine weight while maintaining melody's grip.
Straddling the line between doom metal and drone metal, this Latvian act fuses glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2021, and uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Part of Slovenia's intimate but quality-focused metal scene, this act channels sludge metal with a focus on tar-thick riffs and feedback-drenched nihilism. Formed in 2004, based in Ajdovščina/Vrhnika, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.
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