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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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Massue is a sludge and doom metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2025. Their French name meaning "mace" captures the blunt, crushing force of their doom-sludge assault.
Masthar is a sludge, southern metal, and rock band from Nantes, France, formed in 2014. They fuse sludge metal's crushing weight with southern rock's groove and swagger.
Mastiff is a doom/sludge metal/hardcore band from Kingston upon Hull, England, formed in 2014. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Materia Muerta is a sludge and doom metal band from Patras, Greece, formed in 2025. Their Spanish name meaning "dead matter" captures the crushing weight of their sludge-doom.
Mathians is a sludge/doom metal band from Novara, Italy, formed in 2020. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Matraque is a sludge, death, and doom metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2013 that grinds through low-tuned, punishing heaviness. Their approach layers crushing sludge grooves with death-doom weight, carving out a suffocating sonic space within the Belarusian underground.
Drawing on the crushing elevation of their Colorado Springs home, Matterhorn plays sludge and doom metal that sounds like altitude sickness made audible. Since 2019, their slow, suffocating riffs have made them a standout in a Mountain West scene not typically known for either style.
Mausōleion is an atmospheric sludge and post-metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2014. They craft expansive, textured compositions blending atmospheric sludge with post-metal dynamics.
Mauvaise Foi is a sludge/doom metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
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