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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)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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San Antonio metallic hardcore influenced by NYHC. Released on Deathwish Inc.
French stoner/sludge metal band from Castelfranc in Lot, formed in 2010. They deliver heavy stoner-sludge from the remote rural southwest of France.
Finnish stoner metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2015. They deliver caliber-loaded stoner metal from the Finnish capital.
Black Bull Fuzz is a stoner rock trio from Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2017. The band delivers heavily fuzzed, groove-driven stoner rock, and released their debut EP "Sound of Chaos" in 2017.
French stoner/sludge metal band from Annecy in the Alps, formed in 2019. They deliver ritualistic stoner-sludge from the pristine Alpine lakeside.
Vilnius-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2021, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Four-piece sludge/stoner metal band from London, formed in 2016, blending black metal, doom, grunge, and sludge influences. Their 2016 demo was recorded live at Soundlab Studios, capturing raw, atmospheric heaviness across five tracks of crushing, genre-blending metal.
Reykjavík-based stoner/doom outfit active since 2016, conjuring thick clouds of fuzz-laden riffage and hypnotic, groove-driven compositions. Their sound channels the haze of 1970s proto-metal through a modern lens of distortion-worship and lysergic exploration.
Black Feather Klan is a stoner and doom metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 2015 by Cristiano Nibal (vocals), Pedro Barros (guitar), Rubens Grilão (bass), and Thiago Fernandes (drums). Drawing on influences from Kyuss and Fu Manchu, they debuted with "Vol. I" in 2015 and followed with the heavier, doom-leaning "Vol. II: Cracking the Shell" in 2019. They released a live album, "Live at Demotape," in 2023.
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