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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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Mayon is a sludge/post-metal band from Opava, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. Their sound inhabits the heavy, atmospheric territory where crushing sludge riffs meet the expansive dynamics and textural layering of post-metal.
Meadows is a progressive/sludge metal band from Suffolk, England, formed in 2018. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
Tulsa's Medicine Horse emerged in 2023 at the intersection of Southern metal, sludge, and doom — a fitting combination for Oklahoma's red-dirt expanse and oil-field grimness. Their sound is slow and swamp-thick, dragging humid riffs through the kind of landscape that breeds spiritual weight.
Medicine Noose is a sludge/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, creating what they describe as "dystopic 90s-style sludge" across a series of demos and splits including collaborations with Disgusted Geist and SPEWN. Their heavy, dark aesthetic channels the crushing weight of 1990s sludge metal tradition.
Towering Doom / Sludge Metal from Gilmer.
A sludge/stoner metal act from the Basque coastal town of Sopelana, Melmak has been delivering heavy grooves since 2010. Named after the planet from the TV show 'ALF,' the band channels extraterrestrial weirdness into thick, fuzzy riffs.
Membrane is a band from Vesoul, France, active since 2001, having evolved from post-hardcore origins into sludge and post-metal. Their two-decade creative arc traces a trajectory from angular post-hardcore toward crushing atmospheric heaviness.
Men Eater is a sludge/thrash metal act from Lisbon with stoner and doom influences, active since 2007. The band delivers crushing, multi-genre heaviness from the Portuguese capital.
Menials is a sludge, post-metal, and hardcore band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2025. They fuse sludge metal's abrasive weight with post-metal's atmospheric dynamics.
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