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Doomflight is a doom, death, and stoner metal band from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, formed in 2016. The band draw from the crushing weight of doom, the heaviness of death metal, and the hazy grooves of stoner metal in their independently released output.
Doomherre is a doom and stoner metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2023. The project delivers crushing doom from the Swedish capital.
An instrumental post-rock and sludge outfit from Völkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, founded in 2006 by Daniel Gedermann and expanded to a four-piece by 2012. They gained international recognition after performing at the DUNK! festival in Belgium in 2015 and have shared stages with Russian Circles, God Is An Astronaut, and Colour Haze, with albums including 'Elsewhere' (2012) and 'Beauty' (2013).
Doomsday Braves is a doom and stoner metal band from East Ayrshire, Scotland, formed in 2020 and self-described as "big, boozin' blues." Their four-track debut EP Big 'n' Heavy (2020) spans nearly thirty minutes of introspective, heavy stoner doom tackling everyday mental struggles.
Doomslang is a doom/stoner metal band from Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil, featuring vocalist Sofia Nasar alongside guitars, bass, and drums. The band released the EP "Pier Della Vigna" in September 2020, a female-fronted traditional doom effort spanning four tracks.
Houston female-fronted traditional doom. Signed to Ripple Music.
Dope Default is a stoner metal and rock band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2015. The band deliver heavy, fuzz-laden stoner grooves rooted in the Mediterranean stoner rock tradition.
Dope Smoker is a stoner and doom metal trio from Pembroke in South West Wales, self-described as coming from a place "where everyone smokes dope and surfs." Their 2025 album Doom Shop features guitarist-vocalist Gareth "Lightnin''" Hopkins, drummer Johnny Faster, bassist Thin Lizzy, and turntablist Paco across ten tracks of surf-tinged stoner doom.
Dopefight is a sludge, stoner, and doom metal band from Brighton, England, active since 2009 and self-styled purveyors of "sludge stoner goat noize." Their discography includes the BUDS album and several splits with Gurt, Dead Existence, and Lex Rhino, establishing them in the UK underground sludge scene.
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