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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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Los Angeles' King Need emerged in 2021 with a sound built on the slow grind of sludge and the hazed-out weight of stoner metal, fitting naturally into LA's tradition of downtuned heavy rock. Unhurried, thick, and deliberately oppressive.
Providence, Rhode Island's Kingdom Hell have been churning out sludge metal since 2020, fitting comfortably into New England's tradition of heavy, feedback-laced music made in cold rooms and small clubs. Abrasive and deliberate in equal measure.
New Orleans' Kingdom of Sorrow merge the swampy heaviness of sludge metal with metalcore's structural intensity, and the combination carries the weight of a city that has always made music sound like survival. Active since 2008 and deeply rooted in the Crescent City's heavy scene.
Straddling the line between doom metal and sludge metal, this Hungarian act fuses glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2023, and uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Indianapolis outfit Kiritsis arrived in 2025 fusing the slow, tar-thick weight of sludge metal with the grime and brutality of death 'n' roll. Their sound feels like the Midwest's industrial bones being ground down — ugly, visceral, and deliberate.
Doom and sludge metal band from the Styrian town of Weiz, formed in 2022 and delivering crushing, slow-burning heaviness. Their sound wallows in oppressive low-end weight and suffocating atmospheres.
Death/sludge metal project from Finland, formed in 2020 with a Finnish name meaning "jaws" or "throat." Their visceral name matches the raw, devouring intensity of their death-sludge hybrid.
Doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Sweden's Östergötland province, formed in 2021. Their triple-threat approach layers doom metal's crushing weight, sludge's abrasive texture, and stoner metal's psychedelic groove.
Swedish sludge/doom metal band active since 2014, delivering heavy, oppressive music at the intersection of sludge metal's corrosive attack and doom metal's glacial pacing.
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