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Slaughter & Apparatus - A Methodical Overture (2023)
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With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Alkimista crafts doom and death metal from Lisbon since 2018. Their Portuguese spelling of 'alchemist' connects to the country's Age of Discovery heritage while their sound transforms base heaviness into dark art.
All Dead merges death and doom metal from Berlin since 2012. Their blunt, terminal name drives compositions that dwell in the finality of existence, channeled through the German capital's historically heavy cultural weight.
A Ghent-based solo black metal project operating under the identity "AoD is K.P," with logo artwork by Alice Mores. Their Demo cassette was released through Black Art Production in June 2022, marking a stark entry into the Belgian underground black metal tape circuit.
Allfather merges doom, groove, and sludge metal from the Medway towns in Kent since 2014, named after the Norse supreme deity Odin. Over a decade of crushing, multi-genre heaviness from the Thames estuary speaks to deep roots in the southeast's underground.
Thessaloniki's Almost Heaven craft doom metal of melancholic beauty, using the genre's slow, crushing approach to explore the space between earthly suffering and transcendence. Active since 2016, their paradoxical name hints at the bittersweet quality of their sound.
Alone in the Dark crafts doom and death metal from Báhoň near Bratislava since 2012. Their horror-game-referencing name drives over a decade of compositions that explore solitary dread from this small western Slovak town.
Alone in the Mist creates atmospheric black and doom metal from the Rudnya-Smolensk area since 2020. Their fog-isolated name perfectly captures the damp, grey atmosphere of western Russia's borderland forests.
Alpha Lyræ crafts doom and post-metal from London since 2024, named after the star Vega in the constellation Lyra. Their celestial name suits expansive compositions that reach for cosmic dimensions of heaviness.
Altamira emerged from Miskolc in 2018, weaving atmospheric gothic textures through a doom metal foundation. Their name, shared with the famous prehistoric cave paintings, hints at an artistic vision rooted in primordial beauty and existential weight.
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