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Victim of the New Disease (2018)
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Metallica (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) (2021)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Oakland doom trio known for their crushingly slow tempos and occult-tinged heaviness, drawing on traditional doom and death-doom influences to build dense, hypnotic walls of misery.
Austin outfit combining the slow burn of doom with sludge metal's abrasive grit, channeling the heat and intensity of the Texas underground into bleak, feedback-drenched soundscapes.
Doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of crushing heaviness, Cardinals Folly are veterans of the Finnish doom underground.
Black-doom metal project from Helsinki, Finland. They merge the bleakness of black metal with the crushing weight of doom.
Cardoss is a stoner/sludge/post-metal band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, formed in 2023. The four-piece — León Montiel, Franco Valladares, Héctor Madera, and Omar Cárdenas — blends heavy, slow-burning riffs with atmospheric post-metal textures. Their releases include the EP El Ritual and the full-length Sombras.
Cardynal is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, formed by members Ariel Varas (vocals), Daniel Arévalo (guitar), Gastón Rodríguez (bass), and Guillermo Bertinat (drums). The band released their debut album Intro in 2021, recorded at Estudio Bonus Track in Bahía Blanca, having previously released a self-titled EP in 2019.
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Thrash metal band from Fontenay-sous-Bois near Paris, France, active since 2012. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Parisian suburbs.
Thrash metal band from Heidenheim, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive, riff-heavy thrash from the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb.
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