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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Columbus death metal project from the Ohio underground.
Another Moon merges progressive metal with sludge from Paris since 2020, creating a sound that shifts between cerebral complexity and crushing weight. Their celestial name suggests compositions that illuminate hidden dimensions of heaviness.
Antagoniste merges avant-garde experimentation, black metal, and sludge from the French underground since 2007, creating a genre-defying sound of nearly two decades. Their contrarian name suits a project that deliberately opposes conventional musical boundaries.
Austin sludge metal outfit whose 2012 EP Titan delivers monolithic heaviness befitting its mythological title. A contribution to Austin's diverse heavy music scene that extends well beyond the city's reputation for psych rock.
Anthropoid channels doom and sludge metal from Napajedla in the Zlín Region since 2018, sharing their name with the WWII operation to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. This Czech wartime reference brings historical weight to their crushing, slow-tempo heaviness.
Denton, Texas sludge metal outfit delivering raw, heavy grooves since 2018. Their EPs capture the dense, abrasive sound of North Texas sludge with an unflinching directness that matches the college town's DIY punk ethos.
Boston sludge metal project from the Massachusetts underground.
Battle Creek death metal project from the Michigan underground.
Valdese, North Carolina sludge metal project whose releases Arctic Noise and Andromedas Colossus span from frigid isolation to cosmic scale. Foothills Appalachia proving unexpectedly fertile ground for experimental sludge.
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