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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Serpent & Spirit (2021)
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The Hungarian city of Nyíregyháza serves as headquarters for this sludge metal and stoner metal operation, whose arsenal includes amp-worshipping heaviness filtered through a THC-infused consciousness. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Arvada, Colorado's Ketch drag doom and sludge together into something slow, filthy, and massive — formed in 2022, they deliver the kind of crushing riff-worship that makes the floor shake and the room feel smaller.
Sludge metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2018 and delivering thick, abrasive compositions from the Finnish capital. Their name referencing a kettle drum or headgear signals the heavy, percussive nature of their sludge.
San Jose, California's Kevel have been in the heavy fuzz game since 2014, pairing stoner rock's psychedelic warmth with doom metal's glacial pace for a sound that's hazy, heavy, and fully hypnotic.
Sludge/post-metal band from Cologne, formed in 2018 and building massive, dynamic compositions from the Rhineland underground. Their sound layers sludge's crushing weight with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness.
Polish avant-garde metal, doom metal, and sludge metal act, active since 2018 delivering glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
The Russian city of Novosibirsk serves as headquarters for this doom metal and sludge metal operation, whose arsenal includes Eyehategod-indebted misery channeled through crushing volume. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Drone/doom/sludge metal outfit from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2006 and drawing comparisons to Corrupted, Khanate, and Burning Witch. Since their formation they have "fervently explored the boundaries of esoteric music, from minimalist noise to live improvisation and psychedelic mantra," channeling aggravated sludge and noise into punishing compositions.
Straddling the line between black metal and sludge metal, this Polish actfrom Kraków fuses glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2024, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
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