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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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Groove/sludge metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2015. Their Latin-inspired name accompanies rhythmically driven heaviness from Poland's cultural capital.
Ricard Methadone is a sludge metal/hardcore band from Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region of central France, formed in 2024. Named with characteristically French irreverence, the band channels aggressive sludge from the volcanic Massif Central.
Sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2020. Their descriptively mammoth name accompanies crushing triple-genre heaviness from the Polish capital.
Rift Giant is a sludge/stoner metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017. The band channels massive, low-tuned heaviness through sludge and stoner metal from the Copenhagen underground.
Ringing Bell emerged from Urbana, Illinois in 2024 as a new entry into the fertile American sludge/stoner/doom underground, layering tar-thick guitar tones over slow-burning, feedback-drenched compositions. Their sound sits at the intersection of psychedelic drift and heavy punishment — the kind of music that moves like molasses and hits like a wall. As a brand new band, they represent one of the freshest voices in the Midwest's heavy underground.
Bremerton, Washington's Riot Orgy arrived in 2023 with a sludge metal sound that fits naturally into the Pacific Northwest's legacy of heavy, murky, abrasive music. Their approach is rooted in the slow-grinding, oppressive end of sludge — thick riffs, confrontational energy, and an atmosphere thick with tension. A young band from a naval town across the Puget Sound from Seattle, they carry forward a regional heavy tradition with serious intent.
Riotstarter is a sludge/groove metal band from Balingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2014. The band channels heavy grooves and sludge-drenched riffs from the Swabian Jura region.
Stoner/sludge metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2014. Named after the Alien franchise protagonist, their approach delivers fuzz-drenched heaviness from northern England.
Sludge/post-metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2010. Their approach blends sludge metal's crushing heaviness with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness from Italy's largest northern city.
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