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Swamp Lord is a Kalamazoo, Michigan band formed in 2016 that blends death/doom metal with hardcore punk sensibilities, creating a suffocating sound that bridges extreme metal and the raw energy of hardcore.
Swamp Lordz delivers stoner, doom, and sludge metal from Poitiers, active since 2016. Their bayou-evoking name and triple-genre heaviness transplant the murky, oppressive atmosphere of swampland into the medieval university city of western France.
Swamp Morgue is a slam/brutal death metal band from Panama City, Florida, formed in 2022, specializing in the down-tuned, pit-invoking heaviness and visceral grotesquerie of the American slam death underground.
Missoula, Montana doom and stoner metal outfit formed in 2013, delivering slow-burning, fuzz-drenched riffs rooted in the tradition of Southern-inflected heavy rock. Their sound leans into the murky, psychedelic end of the stoner doom spectrum.
Tampa, Florida black metal project active since 2011, drawing on the raw, primitive end of the genre with the humid, oppressive atmosphere befitting the Florida underground scene.
Fort Wayne, Indiana crossover thrash band formed in 2012, blending the high-velocity aggression of old-school thrash metal with the punk-infused directness of crossover, fitting comfortably alongside acts in the Midwest's underground extreme scene.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana sludge and Southern metal band formed in 2018, channeling the suffocating heaviness of the Gulf Coast underground through down-tuned riffs and a thick, swampy production aesthetic native to the region.
New Hampshire black metal act formed in 2017, operating in the atmospheric and misanthropic tradition of American black metal with a sound shaped by the isolation of the northeastern wilderness.
Apopka, Florida groove and Southern metal band formed in 2022, delivering heavy mid-paced riffing with a distinctly Floridian character that draws from the groove metal and Southern rock-influenced heavy metal tradition.
Visalia, California doom and sludge metal band formed in 2009, crafting slow, oppressive music that blends the tar-thick weight of sludge with traditional doom metal melancholy, rooted in California's fertile underground heavy scene.
Flagstaff, Arizona band formed in 2013 that fuses black metal, sludge, crust punk, and hardcore into a raw, confrontational sound that reflects the chaotic energy of the desert Southwest's DIY underground.
Oklahoma City sludge metal band formed in 2015, building massive walls of down-tuned, feedback-heavy sound in the tradition of the American Southern sludge underground.
American black and doom metal project formed in 2017, merging the cold malevolence of black metal with the glacial, suffocating heaviness of doom metal into a dismal and atmosphere-heavy sound.
Los Angeles death metal and grindcore band formed in 2017, beginning with a raw grindcore and death metal attack before evolving into a more death/black metal direction, combining brutality and ferocity throughout their catalog.
Tulsa, Oklahoma sludge and doom metal band formed in 2013, heaving through slow, punishing riffs that reflect the heavy, earthbound sound of the American South's underground sludge tradition.
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