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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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Battlecrown is a melodic black/death metal act from the Slavonian town of Slatina, active since 2011. The band pairs the melodic sensibilities of Scandinavian extreme metal with the fierce spirit of the Croatian underground.
Messah is a atmospheric sludge/post-metal band from Voronezh, Russia, formed in 2019. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Chicago's Messiah Witch have been channeling the city's long sludge and doom underground since 2013, combining the slow corrosive heaviness of sludge metal with doom's gravitational pull into music that's both bleak and crushing. Their approach carries a distinctly urban weight — the oppressive density of Chicago winters and industrial grime cooked into each sluggish, distorted riff.
Denver's Messiahvore formed in 2021 at the intersection of sludge, stoner, and groove metal, occupying the fertile space where riffs are built for maximum swing and maximum punishment simultaneously. Their music has the slow-cooked psychedelic weight of stoner metal combined with groove metal's hip-centric punch, making them a band as suited to a headbang as to a haze.
Meth 'n' Weapons is a sludge metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2025. Their name and genre signal a commitment to the genre's most abrasive, uncompromising traditions.
Tucson's Methra have been hauling sludge and doom through the Arizona desert since 2010, building a sound as punishing as the landscape that surrounds them — massive, slow-grinding riffs layered over feedback and the kind of misanthropic heaviness that sludge demands. Their decade-plus run in one of the Southwest's underrated heavy music cities speaks to a genuine commitment to the form. Equal parts Eyehategod-filth and Electric Wizard-weight, they make music for people who want their doom dirty.
Methylhate is a sludge metal act from Perugia in Umbria, delivering toxic, crushing heaviness since 2017. The band's chemical-compound name matches the caustic, corrosive nature of their sludge sound.
Metide is a sludge/doom/post-metal band from Bergamo, Italy, formed in 2019. They channel crushing sludge-doom through abrasive riffs and oppressive weight.
Mezereon is a doom and sludge metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2023. They channel oppressive doom-sludge from the northern Finnish city.
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