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From the small rural community of Bevent, Wisconsin, Karma Bloody Karma work the intersection of sludge, doom, and post-metal — music that sounds as weathered and vast as the Wisconsin interior since their 2023 formation. Heavy, slow, and emotionally unsparing.
Doom/sludge metal band from South Shields in northeast England, formed in 2020 and delivering crushing, low-tempo heaviness drawn from both doom and sludge traditions. Their sound emphasizes punishing weight and slow-burning intensity.
Out of Tumwater, Washington, Karp have been a fixture of the Pacific Northwest heavy scene since 1995, navigating the space between raw heavy metal and caustic sludge with a sound that's abrasive and unpredictable.
A product of Ireland's Celtic-tinged metal scene, this Limerick-based experimental, post-metal, and sludge metal act channels Southern-fried heaviness with hardcore punk's confrontational energy. Active since 2019, their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Doom/sludge metal band from Aachen on Germany's western border, formed in 2018 and delivering glacially paced, crushing heaviness. Their oppressive sound channels the weight of the region's industrial heritage.
Stoner/sludge metal band from Caen in Normandy, active since 2008 and delivering nearly two decades of fuzz-drenched heaviness. Their long tenure in the French stoner metal scene marks them as veterans of the genre.
Leipzig-based sludge/doom/post-metal band active since 2007, building massive sonic architectures over nearly two decades in the Saxonian underground. Their extended compositions layer sludge's abrasive weight with post-metal's dynamic crescendos.
A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Saint Petersburg-based doom metal and sludge metal act channels Southern-fried heaviness with hardcore punk's confrontational energy. Active since 2015, their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
When Kaskaveil emerged in 2019 from Ponta Delgada, they brought with them a sound rooted in sludge metal and stoner metal — all desert-baked tonality and psychedelic haze over lumbering rhythms. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
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