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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Stoner/sludge metal from Texas.
Gyilkos is a band from Budapest, Hungary, that evolved from hardcore roots in 2015 into a crushing blend of sludge, doom metal, and hardcore. The project's name, meaning "murderer" in Hungarian, reflects the punishing weight of their later sound.
Gälernå is a death metal, grindcore, and sludge band from Gijón and Mieres in Asturias, Spain, formed in 2021, blending the crushing weight of sludge with the ferocity of grindcore and death metal. Their sound channels the industrial grit and harsh climate of northern Spain's mining country.
New Orleans sludge and doom act Haarp draws heavily from the murk and misery of their city's storied extreme metal tradition. Since regrouping in 2014, they've built a reputation on crushing low-end riffs and an oppressive, swamp-soaked heaviness.
Habitus is a sludge/post-metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, formed in 2012. They blend crushing sludge with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
From Lyon in France, this post-black/sludge metal act brings relentless intensity since 2012. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Knoxville, Tennessee's Hag Bastard throws sludge, stoner, and doom into a single foul-mouthed brew that feels native to the American South's heat and humidity. Since 2022, they've been one of the more colorfully named acts in the region's underground.
New Jersey's Hagmug has been slouching through the swamps of sludge metal since 2015, their downtuned riffing and misanthropic crawl fitting perfectly within the genre's uglier traditions. A name that matches the music.
Tulsa's Hagswine has been wallowing in stoner and sludge metal since 2013, combining the two genres' shared appetite for fuzz, filth, and low-tuned punishment. Oklahoma may not be on the metal map, but they've been making a case for it for over a decade.
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