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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Never My Queen is a sludge metal, crossover, and hardcore punk band from Berlin, active since 2011. The band fuses sludge heaviness with punk attitude from the German capital's DIY scene.
Neverseer is a sludge/doom metal band from Edinburgh, Scotland. The band delivers crushing, heavy doom and sludge metal from the Scottish capital.
Nexus Clandestine is a doom/sludge metal band from Landshut in Lower Bavaria, active since 2014. The band channels crushing doom and sludge from the medieval Bavarian city on the River Isar.
Los Angeles's Night City drags industrial machinery into the sludge pit, layering mechanical abrasion over slow, suffocating riffs built for neon-lit urban decay. Dystopian heaviness for a city that never sleeps.
Nightslug is a sludge metal band from the Hagen-Dusseldorf area, active since 2011. The band delivers crushing, low-and-slow sludge from the industrial Ruhr-Rhine corridor.
Nihilistic Vision is a groove/sludge metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, active since 2018. The band fuses the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with sludge metal's abrasive textures from the Swedish capital.
Nikander is a sludge metal band from Brno, Czech Republic, active since 2016. The band delivers heavy, downtempo sludge from the beer-soaked cellars of Moravia's cultural center.
Salt Lake City's Nine Worlds has been delivering atmospheric sludge metal since 2014, pairing the genre's downtuned, glacial heaviness with sprawling, immersive textures that feel suited to Utah's vast and merciless landscape. Their music moves slowly and deliberately, building weight through repetition and mood rather than sheer speed.
Cherkasy sludge metal act formed in 2016, whose Japanese name meaning 'misanthropy' signals the disaffected worldview behind their crushing sonic weight. Their cross-cultural naming adds an unusual dimension to their oppressive sound.
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