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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Halo (2017)
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New York black/sludge outfit operating in the space between blackened tremolo ferocity and the slow, grinding weight of sludge — an uneasy tension that gives their sound a lurching, unpredictable menace.
Idola is a sludge metal band from Bologna, Italy, active since 2016 and delivering crushing, suffocating heaviness from the low end. The project channels the abrasive, punishing weight of sludge metal.
Oklahoma City's atmospheric sludge/funeral doom practitioners have been building slow, suffocating cathedrals of sound since 2014 — oppressively heavy, devastatingly patient, and steeped in the flatland desolation of the Great Plains.
If You See Kaye is a stoner/sludge metal band from Martfű, Hungary, active since 2017 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Iguana is a sludge/doom metal act from Lisbon, Portugal, active since 2012 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Progressive sludge metal band from London, formed in 2024. Their mythological name channels progressive sludge from the British capital.
Sludge metal band from Finland active since 2011. Their deliberately glitched-out name channels heavy, oppressive sludge from the Finnish underground.
Illegal Ones is a sludge/doom metal act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2015 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Portland's Illryth plays sludge metal with the suffocating weight you'd expect from the Pacific Northwest — slow-crawling heaviness dragged through feedback and filth.
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