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Say The Phrase (2022)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (2012)
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Collinsville, Illinois sludge and doom metal band formed in 2021, delivering thick, feedback-drenched riffs and a crushing low-end sonic identity from the Metro East underground just across from St. Louis.
Sludge/doom metal one-man project from Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, operated by Baal Mephisto Pheles. The project released its debut full-length 'The Thousand Voices of Demon' in 2017, followed by 'Tenebris' in 2018, the EP 'Forged in Hell' in 2022, and 'Echoes from the Abyss' in 2024.
Oakland stoner metal outfit formed in 2007, drawing from the Bay Area's rich tradition of heavy, fuzz-drenched rock with a particularly thick low-end sensibility.
Dubuque, Iowa duo formed in 2016 playing a crushing blend of sludge and stoner metal, bringing a raw Midwestern heaviness to the fuzz-and-feedback end of the genre.
Madison, Wisconsin band formed in 2017 specializing in sludge-infused doom metal, combining the suffocating weight of traditional doom with the abrasive grit of sludge.
Jackson, Tennessee band formed in 2013 wielding an exceptionally heavy hybrid of sludge, death, and doom metal, fusing death metal aggression with slow, grinding doom tempos and caustic sludge textures.
Starkville, Mississippi band formed in 2024 playing sludge and stoner metal, a newly emerged voice in the South's expanding heavy underground.
Iowa brutal death metal band formed in 2018, delivering relentlessly punishing compositions marked by ferocious tempos, guttural vocals, and dense, pulverizing guitar work.
Akron, Ohio band formed in 2012 playing doom-laden sludge metal rooted in the tradition of the Rust Belt's heavy underground, characterized by slow crushing riffs and bleak atmospherics.
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