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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Lafayette, Indiana's Mormont traffic in stoner and sludge metal since 2018, layering fuzz-heavy riffs and narcotic groove into a sound that suits long midwestern highways and the slow, deliberate weight the genre demands.
Boston's Morne have been one of the most distinctive voices in American post-metal and sludge since 2009, fusing crushing Neurosis-influenced heaviness with a somber, searching emotionalism that sets them apart from peers in the genre.
Morning Death is a atmospheric sludge/progressive metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2022. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Philadelphia's Moros play crushing sludge and doom metal since 2015, drawing on the Greek deity of fate their name invokes to deliver slow, suffocating heaviness from a city with one of the Northeast's most vibrant heavy underground communities.
Seattle sludge and doom duo Morose lean into the Pacific Northwest's penchant for weight and misery, stacking corrosive low-end with slow, punishing tempos. Formed in 2016, they channel the city's rain-soaked gloom into music that crawls under your skin and refuses to let go.
Rock Island, Illinois sludge and stoner metal band Morphine Dream, formed in 2019, blend the narcotic haze of stoner rock with the abrasive weight of sludge metal. Their sound is slow, heavy, and deliberately hypnotic, shaped by the industrial landscape of the Quad Cities.
Morpholith is a stoner, sludge, and doom metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in 2018. They channel crushing heaviness from the volcanic island.
Brooklyn's Mortals emerged from the sludge and hardcore underground in 2011 before moving toward a heavier, more blackened sound, carving out a distinct space where sludge's oppressive weight meets the cold fury of black metal.
This Ohio band operate in the dirty crossover territory between sludge metal and crust punk, piling on thick, down-tuned riffs with the filthy, grinding ethos of the crust underground.
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