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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Frederick, Maryland's Trap Ratt are a very young sludge/post-metal act formed in 2024, dragging heavy atmospheric texture through slow, distorted riffing and building the kind of oppressive post-metal architecture that rewards patient listening.
Moreno Valley, California's Trapped Within Burning Machinery have been churning out slow, suffocating doom and sludge metal since 2009, combining crushing low-end weight with the caustic edge their name implies.
Tree of Sores is a progressive sludge metal/post-hardcore band from Leeds, active since 2010. Their music weaves together the crushing weight of sludge with the complexity of progressive structures and the emotional dynamics of post-hardcore.
Colorado Springs outfit blending death metal brutality, sludge's tar-thick low end, and grindcore's blunt violence into a dense, punishing whole since 2019. One of the heavier acts to emerge from the Colorado Springs scene.
Treedeon is a sludge metal/noise rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015. They blend sludge metal's crushing weight with noise rock's abrasive textures.
Santa Cruz, California doom and sludge trio that has been cultivating slow, toxic heaviness since 2017, combining the crushing weight of doom with stoner haze and sludge's abrasive edge. Their Bandcamp handle hints at a UK-influenced atmosphere despite their West Coast roots.
Treeshadow is a doom/stoner/sludge metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2022. They combine doom, stoner, and sludge into a crushing wall of heaviness.
World War Metal from Austin featuring members of Imprecation and Morbosidad. Debut full-length Commandoccult released 2022 on Godz Ov War Productions.
Indianapolis quartet Trenches emerged in 2021 fusing the punishing low-end of sludge metal with the structured aggression of metalcore, a combination that feels at home in the Midwest underground. Their Bandcamp handle "digtrenches" signals an ethos of burrowing deep into the heavy.
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