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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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Pittsburgh's Marsh Dweller began in the melodic black metal tradition before evolving into sludge and post-metal terrain, tracing an arc that mirrors the city's industrial grit. Their later material layers atmosphere and weight in equal measure.
San Francisco's Martikor arrived in 2023 at the intersection of atmospheric sludge and post-black metal, a combination that suits the Bay Area's tradition of genre-bending heaviness. Dense, fog-laden, and built for patience.
Maruntuka is a black/sludge metal act from Warsaw, formed in 2022. The band merges the cold atmosphere of black metal with the crushing weight of sludge from the Polish capital.
A groove metal and metalcore act from Budapest, Bloodiest has been delivering rhythmically driven aggression since 2011. The band pairs heavy grooves with metalcore breakdowns.
Masamsed is a sludge and post-metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2020. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Mashu is a drone doom and sludge metal band from Salamanca, Spain, formed in 2021. They craft crushing, ultra-slow compositions built on droning repetition and sludge metal's abrasive weight.
Mass Culture is a sludge and post-metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2012. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics from the Greek capital.
Massacre em Alphaville are a crust and sludge metal band from São Paulo who have been grinding out politically and environmentally charged material since the early 2000s. Their 2009 mini-CD Vacilou na Quebrada, Dorme na Vala and the 2015 full-length Estilhaços de Ilusão showcase a raw, communal approach built around multiple vocalists and a thick, feedback-drenched sound rooted in the city's underground hardcore scene.
Massive Thunderfuck was a sludge/doom/death metal band from the Neuss/Düsseldorf area of Germany, active from 2013 until their demise. Their 2019 album "Serpent Worship" delivered walls of down-tuned guitars and demonic, weed-filled shouts of hell across a blend of sludge, doom, and black metal.
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