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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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Sludge and doom metal band from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2019, whose French name means 'capital punishment.' They deliver sentence-like crushing doom and sludge from the Alsatian capital.
Sludge, doom, and post-metal band from Falun, Sweden, formed in 2014, delivering crushing, phantom-like heaviness from the Dalarna region. Over a decade of spectral sludge.
Sludge metal band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2015, self-described as a winterdoom band dealing in extreme darkness and witching metal. Connected to the influential project Omega Massif, they have released albums including Into Dark Science and Her Cold Materials.
Phil Anselmo's post-Pantera project delivering raw, unfiltered thrash and sludge.
Stoner, sludge, and doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2018, dealing in heavy, low-tuned riffs and crushing grooves. They bring the full weight of the doom and sludge metal tradition to the Berlin underground.
Orange County's Pigeonwing has been pushing sludge metal into new territory since 2012, balancing crawling heaviness with an underlying melodic sensibility that gives their misery unexpected depth.
Johnson City's Pilgrimm has been trudging through the sludge since 2007, bringing the weight of Appalachian isolation to their slow-burn, Southern-tinged heaviness.
Cleveland's Pillärс (stylized with an umlaut and a grimace) combines crust punk's political bite with doom and sludge's crushing tempo, forging music as heavy as the city's industrial legacy demands.
Out of Spearfish, South Dakota — a long way from any metal scene — Pine Beetle channels the desolate Black Hills landscape into slow, sun-baked stoner sludge with teeth.
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