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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Hound is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal/rock band from Rome, Italy, active since 2011 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Hounds of Hell is a heavy/stoner/thrash metal band from Hede, Sweden, active since 2020 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Madison, Wisconsin's House of Lud have been stacking stoner and doom metal in equal measure since 2018, producing riffs that settle in like weather — slow-moving, overcast, and unavoidable. Their tone carries genuine weight.
Thrash metal act from Oxfordshire, active since 2018. Their cerebral name adds a psychedelic edge to thrash metal compositions from the English Home Counties.
Stoner metal/rock band from Bielefeld, Germany, active since 2017. Their fuzz-laden, groove-heavy sound channels the spirit of desert rock from the Teutoburg Forest region.
Hrmülja is a heavy/stoner/doom metal band from Ludbreg, Croatia, active since 2019 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Heavy metal and hard rock act from Diss in Norfolk, newly formed in 2025. Their cosmic name matches ambitious compositions channeling classic rock and metal from rural East Anglia.
Huanastone is a stoner metal/rock band from Malmö, Sweden, active since 2016 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Melodic death metal outfit from Strasbourg in Alsace, active since 2013. Their Monegasque-inspired name adds character to compositions blending melodic death metal with the Franco-Germanic musical traditions of the Rhine borderlands.
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