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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Doom/stoner/black metal project from Port Talbot in South Wales, active since 2020, describing their sound as lucid torture perpetuated by celestial forces. Their releases including Lurker of the Barathrum and Corrupt and Destroy channel dark, cosmic extremity across multiple related projects.
Danish stoner metal and rock band from Aarhus, formed in 2012. They deliver heavy, groove-laden stoner metal from Denmark's second-largest city.
Stoner doom act from Stockholm, built on monolithic riffs. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
French stoner metal band from Bordeaux, formed in 2020. They deliver heavy, fuzz-laden stoner metal from southwestern France.
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Groove metal outfit from Athens, formed in 2017. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
Livadia-based stoner metal outfit active since 2016, channeling thick, fuzz-drenched riffs and a laid-back, groove-driven approach to heaviness. Their sound worships at the altar of the almighty riff, drawing from the deep wells of 1970s proto-metal and desert rock.
Stoner doom act from Groningen, formed in 2017. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Spanish stoner/sludge metal band from Cantabria, formed in 2022. They deliver heavy, fuzzy stoner-sludge from the green coast of northern Spain.
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