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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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London-based death/sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2020, combining extreme metal with punk confrontation. Their provocative name signals the raw, unfiltered aggression of their multi-genre assault.
Italian black/sludge metal and crust band from Stazzema in Lucca, fusing three strains of aggression since 2013. Their Tuscan roots bring a regional character to their volatile blend of blackened sludge and crust punk.
Liträo is a sludge/doom metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2018 by four musicians drawing on shared history in other local projects. The lineup features Guilherme Kirk on guitar and vocals, Guilherme Stephano on lead guitar, Gabriel Fontes on bass, and Marcos Soli on drums, with the band citing Sleep, Crowbar, and Electric Wizard as primary influences. Their debut full-length album "Egomorte" was released in 2020.
Upper Austrian doom/stoner/sludge band originally founded in 1996, blending eclectic influences from The Doors to Bauhaus into heavy, multilayered riffs. Their 2020 debut 'And The Ants Still March On' delivers sprawling, melancholic heaviness sung in both English and Austrian German.
British sludge metal/hardcore band from Teignmouth, delivering toxic heaviness since 2013. Their sound merges sludge metal's abrasive weight with hardcore's confrontational intensity.
British sludge metal/metalcore band from Crawley, active since 2003 and representing over two decades of abrasive heaviness. Their long-running career marks them as veterans of the UK sludge and metalcore underground.
Finnish sludge/doom metal and hardcore band from Karjaa, formed in 2025 and merging abrasive sludge with hardcore's confrontational energy. Their name, meaning 'parasite' in Finnish, signals the invasive heaviness of their sound.
Bend, Oregon's Londor push sludge metal into experimental terrain, wrapping dissonance and punishing weight in unpredictable structural choices since forming in 2024.
Finnish sludge metal band active since 2015, channeling toxic, abrasive heaviness. Their name, meaning 'hip defect' in Finnish, brings dark humor to their punishing sludge metal approach.
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