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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Sylex deliver stoner and thrash metal from the Cantabrian town of Suances, combining hazy riffs with aggressive velocity from the northern Spanish coast. Active since 2014, they bring flint-sharp intensity to the Cantabrian scene.
Syzslak is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania band formed in 2012 that combines the toxic heaviness of sludge and stoner metal with the chaotic noise-blast of grindcore into a deliberately abrasive and unpredictable sound.
Sótano are a stoner metal band from Santiago, Chile. They released the full-length "El rey máquina" in 2017 and followed it with "El semimuerto" in 2023, building a catalog of heavy, riff-driven material across their career.
Sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 2018 and releasing the debut album Menos Que Nada in February 2024, recorded in Fortaleza and mixed by Rafaum Costa in Mossoró. The five-track record includes the songs Incel, Canivete, Delírio Tropical, Podolatria Militar, and Jesus Hitler.
Taint is a stoner/sludge metal band from Swansea, Wales, formed in 2020. Their music combines the heavy, low-tuned grooves of sludge with the psychedelic haze of stoner metal, emanating from the industrial heart of south Wales.
Tales of a Liquid Dawn is a progressive/stoner/doom metal band from England, formed in 2022. Their music weaves together the expansive song structures of progressive metal with the heavy, riff-driven approach of stoner doom, creating immersive and cerebral compositions.
Tannoiser from Salò on Lake Garda deliver a punishing blend of stoner, doom, and death metal since 2018. Their town — forever associated with Mussolini's puppet republic and Pasolini's controversial film — adds layers of dark historical weight to their crushing sound.
Vienna sludge/doom trio TarLung formed in 2013 and have since built a credible European heavy music resume, sharing stages with EyeHateGod, Crowbar, and Acid King. Across four full-length albums — including "Beyond the Black Pyramid," "Architect," and "Axis Mundi" (2026, Argonauta Records) — and a split EP with noise-rock band KRPL, they deliver pulverizing, slow-motion riffs anchored in the American sludge tradition.
TarpitOrchestra is a stoner/groove metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2009. They deliver heavy, groove-laden stoner metal from the Finnish north.
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