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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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The Pledge of Cain from Strasbourg deliver drone, doom, and sludge metal with the biblical weight of the first murderer's oath since 2008. Nearly two decades of crushing, Cain-cursed heaviness from the Alsatian capital has produced some of eastern France's most oppressive metal.
The Reefer Wizard is a one-man doom/stoner metal project from Ranst, Belgium, built on fuzz-heavy riffs, pounding bass, and a self-described mission to 'fling listeners into different dimensions.' The project's 2020 EP Cultus — available free on Bandcamp — distills the stoner doom aesthetic into three tracks of psychedelic, acid-drenched heaviness.
Westminster, Colorado doom/sludge metal outfit formed in 2023, built on oppressive slow tempos, distortion-caked guitar tone, and a suffocating atmosphere that characterizes the best of the genre's Colorado contingent. A newer act already leaning into the heaviest end of the sludge spectrum.
The Roots of Tanuki from Salamanca blend groove metal, sludge, and hardcore with the mischievous spirit of the Japanese raccoon dog folklore figure since 2017. Their East-meets-West naming convention mirrors a sound that draws from multiple continents' heavy music traditions.
The Salt Pale Collective from England craft sludge, doom, and post-metal as a collaborative ensemble since 2022. Their ethereal, mineral-tinged name drives compositions of bleached, crystalline heaviness.
Wichita, Kansas sludge metal outfit active since 2012, pouring out thick, tar-slow riffs and a suffocating low-end that commands patience from the listener in exchange for genuine weight. Wichita's isolation from major metal centers seems to have only concentrated their sound.
Portland blackened sludge and doom metal outfit formed in 2014, fusing the corrosive atmosphere of black metal with the slow, crushing heaviness of sludge and doom in a combination that the Pacific Northwest underground has proven particularly fertile ground for cultivating. Their sound is dense, dissonant, and deliberately oppressive.
Prestonsburg, Kentucky's The Splitting fuse the corrosive weight of sludge metal with death metal's brutality, producing something rawer and more rural-feeling than the polished end of either genre. Active since 2015, they belong to the Appalachian underground where heaviness is measured in density and slow punishment.
The Unbending from Berlin craft atmospheric doom and sludge metal that refuses to yield, building oppressive soundscapes of crushing weight since 2022. Their name captures the unyielding, monolithic quality of their compositions from the German capital's vast heavy music underground.
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