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Portland, Oregon's Shrine of the Serpent have been crafting funeral-paced doom/death metal since 2015, their suffocating sound built on glacial tempos, cavernous production, and an atmosphere of irreversible dread that defines the Pacific Northwest's heaviest underground currents.
San Francisco's Shrinebuilder are a supergroup formed in 2009 from members of Sleep, Neurosis, The Melvins, and Scott Kelly's solo projects, combining stoner and doom metal traditions into monolithic, lysergic compositions that draw from the full weight of their members' combined legacies.
Chicago doom and stoner metal outfit formed in 2023, channeling the heavy, haze-drenched weight of slow-grinding riffs and oppressive atmosphere. A young band from the Midwest already staking out territory in the ritualistic end of the doom spectrum.
Shrines of Dying Light are a self-described "melancholic doom metal band from Argovia," with albums "Insomnia" and "Sadness" embodying their focus on emotional weight and crushing deliberation. Their limited-edition digipack releases reflect a commitment to the physical, tactile experience of doom metal.
Shrooms Circle deliver stoner and doom metal from Vevey with a six-piece lineup that includes keyboards, adding symphonic depth to albums like "Venus" and "The Constant Descent." Their sound ranges from psychedelic heaviness to darker, more theatrical territory on releases like "S.L.E. (Sadistic and Lovely Execution)."
Miami sludge/doom duo formed in 2009, known for massive down-tuned riffs layered with swamp-thick atmosphere and the raw, swaggering physicality native to the Florida underground. They carry a distinctive Southern weight filtered through the caustic traditions of sludge.
Atmospheric doom/death metal band from Sandown, New Hampshire, active since 2004 and rooted in slow, grief-laden compositions that fuse the melodic melancholy of doom with death metal's darker harmonic palette. One of the longer-running acts in the regional underground.
Milwaukee black metal project active since 2000 with a prolific catalog that ranges across raw, atmospheric, and folk-inflected territory — a relentless one-man operation that has accumulated dozens of releases over its long run in the American underground.
Shroud of Distress blend depressive black metal with shoegaze from Saxony-Anhalt, creating a hazy, emotionally overwhelming hybrid that channels despair through walls of reverb-drenched guitar. Active since 2012, they've been pioneering the blackgaze crossover in eastern Germany.
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