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Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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German stoner/doom metal band from Tübingen, formed in 2017. They deliver massive, riff-heavy stoner doom from the university town in the Swabian heartland.
Stoner doom act from Stavropol, formed in 2019. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Stoner doom act from Russia, formed in 2019. Their music moves at a glacial pace through layers of fuzz and psychedelic textures, inviting the listener into a trance-like state of heavy meditation.
Bongzilla is a stoner, sludge, and doom metal band from Madison, Wisconsin, formed in 1995, whose catalog is among the most explicitly cannabis-themed in American heavy metal. The band released a string of albums on Relapse Records—including Stash (1999), Apogee (2001), Gateway (2002), and Amerijuanican (2005)—before entering a hiatus from 2009 to 2015. After reforming and returning to the touring circuit, they released their sixth studio album Dab City via Heavy Psych Sounds in June 2023, cementing their status as seminal figures in the American sludge underground.
German post-black metal band from Munich, formed in 2017. Named after a French greeting to sadness, they merge black metal intensity with post-rock atmospherics and melancholic introspection.
Otley-based death metal act active since 2020, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
Groove metal outfit from Vienna, Austria, formed in 2016. They deliver thick, chugging riffs and head-nodding rhythmic grooves built for live-show impact.
German heavy metal and hard rock band from Wiesbaden, formed in 2014. They bridge classic hard rock and heavy metal with high-energy performances.
One-man industrial stoner/doom project from Ghent, Belgium, constructed from bass, drums, and samples since 2020. Releases like "Destitute" and "Pillage" deliver stripped-down, minimalist stoner doom through a solo approach.
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