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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Sludge and doom metal band from London, England, active since 2001, making them a veteran act in the British sludge and doom scene. Over two decades of crushing heaviness mark them as pillars of the London underground.
Industrial sludge metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2023, fusing the mechanical harshness of industrial music with the crushing weight of sludge metal. They bring a cold, abrasive edge to Tampere's heavy music scene.
Sludge metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2018, delivering slow, crushing sludge metal from eastern Finland. Their name evokes the deliberate, weighty pace of their massive sound.
Pallbearer is a doom metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, formed in 2008 by guitarist Brett Campbell and bassist Joseph D. Rowland, later expanding to a four-piece. Their 2012 debut Sorrow and Extinction on Profound Lore Records earned immediate critical acclaim including Pitchfork's Best New Music designation, and their follow-up Foundations of Burden (2014) topped Decibel Magazine's year-end list. The band's subsequent releases — Heartless (2017), Forgotten Days (2020), and Mind Burns Alive (2024) — have progressively incorporated progressive rock and alternative textures alongside their foundational doom metal architecture.
Thrash and sludge metal band from Leeds, England, formed in 2018, combining thrash metal speed with sludge metal weight. Their name references the mysterious figure in Robert W. Chambers' King in Yellow.
Stoner rock and metal band from Palermo, Italy, formed in 2012, delivering sun-baked, fuzz-drenched stoner grooves from the Sicilian capital. They bring Mediterranean warmth to their heavy, psychedelic sound.
Post-black metal band from Malmo, Sweden, formed in 2017, crafting atmospheric post-black metal from the southernmost Swedish city. They bring experimental darkness to the Oresund region.
Black metal project from the Netherlands, formed in 2022, whose Finnish name means 'worship.' They bring devotional black metal darkness to the Dutch underground.
Progressive and avant-garde death metal band from Finspang, Sweden, active since 1996, known as one of the most experimental acts in Swedish death metal history. Their boundary-pushing compositions blend death metal with surreal, avant-garde elements.
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