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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Stuart, Florida's Drowned Out blend deathcore's breakdown-driven architecture with the more technical vocabulary of death metal, a pairing they've been refining since 2015. Their sound lands in the brutal middle ground between the two genres — heavy enough for the pit, precise enough to reward close listening.
Dayton, Ohio's Drowner approach heavy music from multiple angles at once — their sound stacks blackened atmosphere on top of droning sludge on top of doom's slow collapse, arriving at something genuinely disorienting in the best possible way. Active since 2022, they belong to a tradition of Midwestern bands that find emotional extremity in sonic density.
Drownfall is a black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2021. They create drowning, engulfing black metal atmospheres.
Drowning is a death metal band from Paris, France, active since 2005, whose sound evolved from hardcore/death metal into pure death metal. Their two decades of activity trace an arc toward uncompromising heaviness.
Drowning Hope is a black metal and dark ambient project from Strasbourg, France, formed in 2015. They drown hope through black metal and ambient darkness from Alsace.
Drowning Hour is a death doom metal project from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, formed in 2025, built around multi-instrumentalist Craig Godbold with vocalists Kieran Scott and Kelly Godbold. Their debut EP Sanger Fra Dypet delivers three tracks of slow, atmospheric, and bleak death doom stretching past twenty minutes.
Drowning in Negative is a depressive suicidal black metal project from Minsk, Belarus, specializing in atmospheric DSBM with extended, melancholic compositions. Their 2024 debut 'Sea of Depression' features sprawling tracks exceeding ten minutes, building oppressive emotional weight through slow, anguished passages.
Drowning in Sorrow is a depressive black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2014. The duo consists of Azi-Dahak on vocals, drum programming, and lyrics, and P.A.I.N on guitars, blending the raw minimalism of DSBM with a distinctly Brazilian underground aesthetic.
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