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Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
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De Doorn (2022)
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Halo (2017)
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Portland sludge metal project named after the Hindu ascetics who practice extreme rituals. Spiritual transgression through Pacific Northwest heaviness.
Agitat Solum creates sludge, stoner, and doom metal from Loures in the Lisbon district as of 2026. Their Latin name meaning 'shake the ground' captures the seismic heaviness of their freshly forged sound.
Agrimonia has delivered sludge, post-metal, and crust from Gothenburg since 2013. Named after the agrimony plant used in folk medicine, they channel herbal bitterness through crushing, socially conscious heaviness from Sweden's west coast.
Agruss channels atmospheric post-black, death, and sludge metal from Rivne in northwestern Ukraine since 2012. Their multi-genre approach draws from the vast forests and marshlands of the Volhynian landscape surrounding their city.
Aguirre brings sludge metal from Bordeaux since 2010, named after the mad conquistador of Werner Herzog's legendary film. Their cinematic inspiration feeds a sound as relentless and unhinged as their namesake's doomed Amazon expedition.
Ahasver merges groove, progressive, and sludge metal from Toulouse since 2022, creating a dense, multilayered sound from the Pink City. Named after the Wandering Jew legend, their music carries the weight of eternal restlessness.
Ahdistus, meaning "anxiety" in Finnish, delivers crust punk-infused sludge metal from Jyväskylä since 2024. The project channels its namesake anguish into caustic, heavy music that bridges punk aggression with metal's crushing weight.
Aidan has navigated sludge and post-metal territory from Padua since 2002, making them one of Italy's earliest practitioners of the style. Their two-decade-plus tenure in the Veneto scene has produced a body of work that helped establish the genre in the Italian underground.
Ainriail channels sludge and post-metal from Dublin, where they formed in 2015. Their Irish-language name brings a Gaelic identity to the heavy, atmospheric sound they construct through deliberate pacing and layered distortion.
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