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Murfreesboro, Tennessee's Eye on the Sky have been dealing in heavy sludge metal since 2018, channeling the Southern tradition of slow, suffocating heaviness. Their city — home to a scrappy underground scene outside Nashville's shadow — informs a sound that is unadorned, thick, and built to grind.
Sludge/stoner metal band from Požarevac in central Serbia, active since 2015. Their sound channels oppressive sludge weight and stoner grooves from the Braničevo district east of Belgrade.
Sludge metal band from Paris, France active since 2011. They bring crushing, down-tuned heaviness from the French capital.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Toulouse, France active since 2015. Named after the mythical bird of Persian legend, they deliver heavy, psychedelic-tinged riffs from the Pink City.
Bath-based doom metal and sludge metal act, active since 2017 delivering glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion. Rooted in Britain's endlessly regenerating metal lineage, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Drawing from Riga's musical fabric, this Latvian act forges Doom Metal, Funeral Doom Metal, and Post-Metal built on Eyehategod-indebted misery channeled through crushing volume. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Doom, sludge, and stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2014. They bring fuzzy, heavy riffing and slow-burning heaviness from the Finnish capital.
Facas is a two-piece sludge metal band from Curitiba, Brazil, consisting of Jow (Jonathan Rissi) on guitar and vocals and Michael Wilseque on drums. Their 2020 self-titled album was recorded almost entirely live during two sessions at Estúdio Sabine in Curitiba, capturing seven tracks of hypnotic, hook-driven sludge and was released through Crocodilo Discos.
Portland's Facedowninshit have been hauling sludge metal through hardcore's gutter since 2006, building a sound as confrontational and unglamorous as the name suggests.
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