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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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Turkish sludge/doom metal act formed in 2011, delivering crushing heaviness through oppressive sonic weight. Their slow-burning approach channels the genre's most suffocating traditions.
Haarlem sludge/stoner metal act launched in 2025, delivering crushing heaviness and fuzz-drenched grooves from the North Holland capital. Their downtempo approach channels the most oppressive corners of the sludge tradition.
Necrodomia is a sludge metal and drone band from London, UK, formed in 2023. Their sound merges the crushing weight of sludge metal with the sustained intensity of drone.
Necron King is a death/sludge metal band from Espoo, active since 2019. The band fuses death metal with sludge heaviness from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Necrorgasm is a drone/sludge metal project from Wiesbaden in Hessen, active since 2008. The project plumbs the lowest frequencies of drone and sludge from the spa city on the Rhine.
Nedgeva is a French power trio from Colmar delivering high-energy rock and metal with no concessions, drawing on hard rock, blues rock, and punk influences. Their 2016 debut Lost Signal captures five tracks of raw, unfiltered heavy rock energy.
New Jersey's Negative Bliss arrived in 2024 at the intersection of sludge, doom, and post-metal — genres that share a fondness for letting weight do the work. Their music expands slowly, trading velocity for gravitational pull.
Negative Concept is a Parisian doom/sludge metal band formed in 2015 by Cédric M., delivering a genre-spanning sound they describe as doom sludge grunge through black metal with blues sources. Their 2022 debut Unwelcome explores the darkness and complexity of the human soul across ten tracks of crushing, disillusioned heaviness.
Zagreb doom and sludge metal outfit formed in 2015, delivering oppressive sonic weight and slow-burning heaviness from Croatia's capital. Their crushing approach channels the most suffocating impulses of both genres.
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