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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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Doom-sludge-stoner act from Barcelos in northern Portugal, formed in 2025. Caos Ritual channels heavy, ritualistic riffs from the Minho region.
Born as an acoustic jam project in Birmingham, Alabama in 2004, Capsized retooled into a full-volume sludge and post-metal force by 2012, appearing on Weedian's 2024 compilation.
Jonesboro, Arkansas sludge metal project spending the 2010s working through themes of hatred and inner struggle in the isolationist tradition of heavy, feedback-soaked sludge before going silent.
Long Island, New York death metal and hardcore hybrid that emerged in 2014, blending the brute force of death metal with the urgent, confrontational energy of hardcore.
Austin outfit combining the slow burn of doom with sludge metal's abrasive grit, channeling the heat and intensity of the Texas underground into bleak, feedback-drenched soundscapes.
Doom-drone-sludge metal band from Bristol, England, active since 2010. They craft massive, slow-moving walls of sound from the West Country's vibrant heavy music scene.
Louisiana doom and sludge outfit from Port Allen drawing on the murky, oppressive atmosphere of the Gulf South, layering post-metal dynamics over crushed, tar-thick riffs.
Sludge metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2013. They deliver thick, oppressive sludge from France's second city.
A nascent doom and sludge outfit from Albany drawing on the slow, crushing weight of funeral doom paired with the corrosive grit of sludge, named after the legendary Arthurian dagger.
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