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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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Kalamazoo, Michigan's Shoto navigate the bleak terrain between experimental sludge and doom, crafting slow, oppressive soundscapes that push beyond genre convention into genuinely unsettling sonic territory since forming in 2019.
Shovel dig through sludge and doom metal from Berlin, their workman-like name perfectly suiting the heavy, grinding labor of their music. Formed in 2019, they channel the raw, earthy heaviness that defines the genre.
Miami sludge/doom duo formed in 2009, known for massive down-tuned riffs layered with swamp-thick atmosphere and the raw, swaggering physicality native to the Florida underground. They carry a distinctive Southern weight filtered through the caustic traditions of sludge.
Siberiasquat craft atmospheric sludge and post-metal from Ceske Budejovice, building expansive, layered soundscapes that shift between crushing heaviness and ambient introspection. Their South Bohemian origins provide an unlikely backdrop for their cinematic approach to heavy music.
Sick Sad World, named after the show-within-a-show from the animated series Daria, channels atmospheric sludge and post-metal from Nantes since 2012. Their expansive, cinematic approach to heavy music builds from quiet tension to crushing catharsis.
Catania's Sicklown navigate post-metal and sludge from volcanic Sicily since 2001. Over two decades, they have built a sound that pairs atmospheric breadth with the crushing weight that their surroundings inspire.
Grand Rapids sludge metal band formed in 2023, hauling heavy, feedback-drenched riffs through the Michigan winter with the suffocating atmosphere the genre demands.
San Diego blackened sludge metal band formed in 2023, fusing black metal's corrosive malice with sludge's thick, punishing low-end into a suffocating and visceral sound.
New Jersey-based Sigourney combine the murky, feedback-drenched heaviness of sludge metal with the hazy, loping grooves of stoner metal, crafting a sound that is both oppressive and hypnotic since 2020.
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