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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Space Cadaver is a psychedelic sludge metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 2017. They channel the city's tradition of swampy, heavy music through hallucinogenic sludge riffs and a warped cosmic aesthetic.
Space Lord is a sludge/stoner/doom metal trio from Kenilworth, New Jersey, formed in 2017, stacking massive fuzzed-out riffs across the heavy spectrum from swampy sludge to slow, weed-charred doom.
Space Weed are a stoner/sludge metal band from Cape Canaveral, Florida, formed in 2021. Their name and location lean into the cosmic joke of launching heavy, slow-burning riffs from the shadow of NASA's launch facilities on the Space Coast.
Spacebeast is a sludge/stoner metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2015. They combine the slow, grinding heaviness of sludge with the lysergic haze of stoner metal, fitting naturally into Portland's well-established heavy underground.
Spaisekult is a Vermont-based progressive sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2022. They meld the caustic, slow-burning density of sludge metal with hardcore's propulsive urgency and progressive metal's structural ambition, operating on the experimental edge of all three genres.
Spancer have been channeling sludge and doom metal from Brunswick since 2001, making them one of Lower Saxony's longest-running sludge/doom acts. Their quarter-century of activity represents a sustained commitment to crushing, slow-motion heaviness.
Spanghew is a sludge metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2025. A newly emerged outfit in one of the country's most storied heavy music cities, they carry on the Pacific Northwest tradition of punishing, low-and-slow sludge metal.
Sparrowmilk is a doom and sludge metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2017, trafficking in the city's tradition of slow, oppressive heaviness with droning riffs and suffocating atmosphere.
Spawnkill sludge through heavy, tar-thick compositions from Geneva, combining sludge metal's abrasive textures with stoner metal's hypnotic grooves. Formed in 2021, they bring fresh weight to the Swiss French-speaking heavy underground.
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