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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Amsterdam, Netherlands — doom metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2022, they deal in earth-shaking distortion and mournful clean passages. Mournful melodies surface between waves of suffocating heaviness.
Doom/stoner metal band from Cardiff, Wales, active since 2017 and channeling the low-and-slow heaviness of doom through a stoner metal haze. Their sound dwells in the territory where crushing riffs meet psychedelic fuzz.
Heavy/stoner metal band from Cardiff, Wales, active since 2010 and maintaining an active touring schedule across UK venues. Their sound blends heavy metal muscle with stoner rock's groove-driven, riff-worshipping approach.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Brighton, active since 2014 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven metal that merges traditional heavy metal's melodic power with thrash's speed and ferocity. Their sound carries the weight of classic UK metal with modern intensity.
Thrash metal band from the Bavarian village of Trogen, formed in 2018 and delivering high-speed aggression from the rural Franconian countryside. Their energetic approach channels the spirit of classic German thrash.
Stoner/sludge/doom metal band from the Ribe/Trunderup area of southern Denmark, formed in 2018 and delivering massive, fuzz-laden heaviness. Their mammoth-sized sound lives up to their regal name with slow-burning, prehistoric grooves.
Sludge metal band from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, formed in 2020 and dealing in the thick, distorted heaviness that characterizes the genre. Their approach favors crushing weight and abrasive textures over refinement.
King Mothership is a rock side project formed in 2020 by Periphery vocalist Spencer Sotelo and drummer Matt Halpern alongside bassist Tai Wright of Slaves, built around material Sotelo had been developing for nearly a decade. Their debut album The Ritual (2020, 3DOT Recordings) draws on theatrical hard rock and progressive funk rather than the djent-influenced sound of Periphery, citing Muse, The Mars Volta, and Queen as touchstones. The project represents a deliberate stylistic departure for both Sotelo and Halpern.
Los Angeles' King Need emerged in 2021 with a sound built on the slow grind of sludge and the hazed-out weight of stoner metal, fitting naturally into LA's tradition of downtuned heavy rock. Unhurried, thick, and deliberately oppressive.
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